Motta Montecorvino

Comune in Apulia, Italy

Motta Montecorvino
Comune
Comune di Motta Montecorvino
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Coordinates: 41°30′N 15°7′E / 41.500°N 15.117°E / 41.500; 15.117
Country	Italy
Region	Apulia
Province	Foggia (FG)
Government
• Mayor	Domenico Iavagnilio
Area ^[1]
• Total	19.94 km² (7.70 sq mi)
Elevation	662 m (2,172 ft)
Population (28 February 2017)^[2]
• Total	716
• Density	36/km² (93/sq mi)
Demonym	Mottesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	71030
Dialing code	0881
Patron saint	St. John the Baptist
Saint day	6 May
Website	Official website

Motta Montecorvino (Pugliese: A Mottè) is a town, comune (municipality), former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see in the province of Foggia, Apulia, southeast Italy.

The city was losing its population in the early 15th century, and then an earthquake on 5 December 1456 reduced it to rubble and ruins, apart from a guard tower. Even its cathedral was destroyed.^[3]

References

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^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
^ Maria Stella Calò Mariani, "I villages désertés della Capitanata. Fiorentino e Montecorvino", in Atti del 27o convegno sulla preistoria-protostoria-storia della Daunia (San Severo, 2007), pp. 56-57. See photograph of cathedral ruins on p. 82.