Monteleone di Puglia
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| coordinates = {{coord|41|10|N|15|16|E|region:IT_type:city(1311)|display=inline,title}}
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| region = Apulia
| province = {{ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=FG}} (FG)
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| mayor = Giovanni Campese
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| area_total_km2 = 36.42
| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
| population_total = 1019
| population_as_of = 31 December 2017
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| population_demonym = Monteleonesi
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| elevation_m = 842
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| postal_code = 71020
| area_code = 0881
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Monteleone di Puglia (Irpinian: {{lang|nap|Munteleòne}}) is a hill town and comune of the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of south-eastern Italy.
Its territory borders the municipalities of Accadia, Anzano di Puglia, Ariano Irpino (AV), Panni, San Sossio Baronia (AV), Sant'Agata di Puglia, Savignano Irpino (AV), Zungoli (AV).
History
The town was historically inhabited by Provençal refugees (followers of the Waldensian Protestant rite)[http://www.comune.monteleonedipuglia.fg.it/monteleone/zf/index.php/servizi-aggiuntivi/index/index/idservizio/20009/idtesto/12 Comune di Monteleone di Puglia: Monteleone e i Valdesi] and Arbëreshë community,[https://books.google.com/books?id=_pESAgAAQBAJ&q=Monteleone+&pg=PT36 Gjovalin Shkurtaj, Shpirti i arbrit rron] but both have since assimilated. Until 16th century Monteleone did not have its own territory, because it was part of the city of Ariano.{{cite book|author=Tommaso Vitale
|title=Storia della regia città di Ariano e sua diocesi|language=Italian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vW2YUtbHbH0C|publisher=Stamperia Salomoni|year=1794|location=Rome|page=331}}
In 1942, during World War II, Monteleone was the seat of a revolt women, sparked by the arrogance of a Carabinieri officer who confiscated a pot of corn flour that was being carried to a local bakery by three women.{{cite web|url=http://www.tandemnews.com/printer.php?storyid=4618|title=When women of Monteleone rebelled|accessdate=2007-03-06}} The women resisted, pleading with the officer. The women were brought by the officer to the Fascist regime-appointed mayor. The mayor sided with the officer, and the women were promptly imprisoned in a warehouse filled with cheese and other foods. The women set the warehouse on fire and escaped. Upon hearing of the hoards of food being stored by the Carabinieri while the people were hungry, an angry mob formed and the Carabinieri office was stormed. Police had trouble controlling the riot and fired warning shots into the air. Soon after, police began firing bullets towards the crowd. Eventually, the citizens of Monteleone - armed with clubs and pitchforks - were subdued when renfoircements were sent by the prefect of Foggia, Giovanni Dolfin. Overall, 180 citizens were arrested and detained. Most rioters arrested had to serve a prison sentence of between a few days and 15 months. This revolt was the first of its kind in Italy during the Second World War.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}
In the years following the war, a large number of migrants from the town and their descendants established an expatriate community in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. There is a club in Toronto for those who have roots in Monteleone.{{Cite web |title=Monteleone TORONTO SOCIAL CLUB |url=http://monteleonetoronto.weebly.com/ |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Monteleone TORONTO SOCIAL CLUB |language=en}}
Festivals
The patron saints of Monteleone are San Rocco and Saint John the Baptist.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}
People
Monteleone is the birthplace of the Canadian politician Joe Volpe.
References
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External links
- [http://www.comune.monteleonedipuglia.fg.it/ Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928020804/http://italiani.ca/node/835/ Italiani.ca - Web magazine for Italian-Canadians]
- [http://www.comuni-italiani.it/071/032/ Page at comuni italiani website]
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