Spinazzola
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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Spinazzola
| native_name = {{lang|nap|Spenazzòle}}
| official_name = Comune di Spinazzola
| image_skyline = Palazzo_Saraceno_a_Spinazzola.jpg
| image_caption = Palazzo Saraceno.
| image_shield = Spinazzola-Stemma.png
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| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| region = Apulia
| province = Barletta-Andria-Trani
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| mayor = Michele Patruno
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| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.tuttitalia.it/puglia/22-spinazzola/|title=Spinazzola|website=Tuttitalia|language=Italian}}
| elevation_m = 435
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 184.01
| population_footnotes = Population data from ISTAT
| population_as_of = 31 December 2017
| population_total = 6515
| pop_density_footnotes =
| population_demonym = Spinazzolesi
|telephone=|postalcode=76014| saint = Saint Sebastian
| day = January 20
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.spinazzola.bt.it/}}
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| coordinates = {{coord|40|58|N|16|05|E|region:IT_type:city|display=inline,title}}
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| postal_code = 76014
| area_code = 0883
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Spinazzola (Barese: Spenazzòle) is a town and comune in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, southern Italy. Spinazzola had a population of 6,515 as of December 31 2017. Spinazzola is approximately 70km away from Bari.
People
- Pope Innocent XII was born here in the castle of the Pignatelli family, now destroyed.
- Michele Ruggieri (1543–1607), Jesuit missionary in China, first European sinologist, was born in Spinazzola.
Twin cities
References
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External links
- [http://www.comune.spinazzola.bt.it/ Official website]
- [http://members.aol.com/opozzodinomi/spinazzola/ Genealogical Data from Spinazzola]
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Category:Cities and towns in Apulia
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