Modugno

Modugno (; ) is a town and (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. It borders the municipalities of Bari, Bitetto, Bitonto, Bitritto, and Palo del Colle.

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Modugno is a town in the Bari area of southern Italy that sits alongside several neighboring municipalities. It serves as a municipality within the Metropolitan City of Bari in the Apulia region.

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Key facts

Italian comune.name: Modugno
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Modugno
Italian comune.image_skyline: Piazza sedile-Modugno.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption: Piazza of Modugno
Italian comune.image_shield: Modugno-Stemma.png
Italian comune.shield_alt: Coat of arms of Modugno
Italian comune.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Italian comune.metropolitan_city: Bari (BA)
Italian comune.frazioni: Capo Scardicchio
Italian comune.mayor: Nicola Magrone
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 319
Italian comune.population_total: 39017
Italian comune.population_as_of: 30 September 2011
Italian comune.population_demonym: Modugnesi
Italian comune.elevation_m: 76
Italian comune.saint: St. Nicholas of Tolentino
Italian comune.day: 24 September
Italian comune.postal_code: 70026

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Modugno
Demonym: modugnesi
Population: 36224
Area: 32.24
Elevation: 76
Official website: www.comune.modugno.ba.it
Image: Piazza sedile-Modugno.jpg
Dialing code: 080
Licence plate code: BA

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postal code: 70026
Commons category: Modugno
Commons gallery: Modugno
P8168: Anglepoise lamp

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Contents

History
Human settlements in the municipal territory before the founding of the city
Prehistoric period
Roman period
Early medieval period
Early core of the city of Modugno
Location of the ancient settlement
Norman principality (1071 - 1189) and Swabian reign (1194 - 1255)
The Norman period
The Hohenstaufen
Angevin Kingdom (1266-1441)
Struggles between Angevins and Hungarians in the mid-14th century
Economic and demographic development from the second half of the 14th century
Aragonese Kingdom (1442 - 1501)
Under the prince of Taranto Orsini del Balzo
Concession of Modugno to the Sforzas
Development in the Aragonese period
Sforza Duchy of Bari, Modugno and Palo del Colle (1465-1557)
Sforza Maria Sforza
Ludovico il Moro and Beatrice d'Este
Duchess Isabella of Aragon (1501-1524)
The government of Bona Sforza (1524-1557)
Spanish Habsburg Viceroyalty (1503 - 1707)
Oppression by the Spanish government
Freedom from feudal serfdom
The fake baron
Collapse of the ''Universitas'' of Modugno
Austrian viceroyalty (1707-1734)
Bourbon reign (1734-1799)
Modugno's accession to the Parthenopean Republic and Sanfedist reaction
Napoleonic French Kingdom (1805 - 1815)
Government of Joachim Murat
Modugnese economy in the first half of the 19th century
Bourbon Kingdom (1816-1860)
Carboneria
''Risorgimento''
Kingdom of Italy
World War I
Fascist period
World War II
Italian Republic
Industrial and demographic development between the 1960s and 1990s
Main sights
References
Bibliography
External links

Modugno (; ) is a town and (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. It borders the municipalities of Bari, Bitetto, Bitonto, Bitritto, and Palo del Colle.

Before the 1970s, the town was mainly dedicated to agriculture; since construction of an industrial zone, it has become an important factory site in the region. Modugno is from the shore. The landscape is mainly flat.