Motta Montecorvino

{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Motta Montecorvino

| official_name = Comune di Motta Montecorvino

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| image_shield = Motta_Montecorvino-Stemma.gif

| shield_alt = Coat of arms

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| coordinates = {{coord|41|30|N|15|7|E|region:IT_type:city(918)|display=inline,title}}

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| region = Apulia

| province = {{ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=FG}} (FG)

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| mayor = Domenico Iavagnilio

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| area_total_km2 = 19.94

| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)

| population_total = 716

| population_as_of = 28 February 2017

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| population_demonym = Mottesi

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| elevation_m = 662

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| saint = St. John the Baptist

| day = 6 May

| postal_code = 71030

| area_code = 0881

| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.mottamontecorvino.fg.it/}}

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Motta Montecorvino (Pugliese: {{lang|nap|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.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.

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