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Acquaviva delle fonti

Acquaviva delle fonti is an Italian town in the metropolitan city of Bari, in Puglia.

Acquaviva owes its name to the large aquifer that flows in its subsoil.

• Inhabitants 20 446
• Name of the inhabitants of Acquaviva delle fonti, Acquavivesi.
• Prefix tel +39 0437
• Zip code 70021

History

The teories relating to the origins of Acquaviva delle fonti would make the first settlements date back to the IV-V century.

In 1976 human skeletons were found, testimony to the fact that the place was permanently inhabited.

The inhabitants moved to the valle, problably attracted by the fertility of the land and the richness of the waters.

After the conquest of many populations, Acquaviva bacame of the kingdom of Italy in 1861, later it was called "Acquaviva delle fonti".

Territory

Acquaviva rises in an exceptional natural context characterized, to the north, by the presence, in the soil, of Bari limestone and, sometimes, by limestone outcrops accompanied by numerous vineyards, orchards and olive groves. To the south, where the limestone of Altamura prevails, the altimetric elevations increase and the agricultural landscape gives way to relict woods, arable land and pastures as well as almond and olive groves.

how to get there

There are four ways to get to Acquaviva delle fonti

• car
• train, Acquaviva is reached by Trenitalia trains and many Frecce
• bus
• taxi

what see

The Ancient Center is characterized by a high concentration of relevant religious buildings.

• Chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione _seventeenth century
• Chiesa di San Benedetto _Baroque style
• Concattedrale di Sant'Eustachio _inside there is a painting of the Madonna of Constantinople, the legend says that this painting was thrown into the sea and that through the waves of the sea it reached Bari and was donated to an Acquaviva feudal lord.
• Il Palazzo De Mari-Alberotanza Palazzo De Mari, an elegant baroque style structure in the city center of Acquaviva delle Fonti also known as the Palazzo dei Principi and during the Acquaviva d'Aragona dynasty, it was transformed from a military fortress to a residential palace. now it is the seat of the town hall.
• Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore The load-bearing masonry is all in stone, plastered externally and internally, the main facade is from the late Renaissance. In the church there are various paintings by Apulian and non-Apulian authors. The most important is an oil painting depicting the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
• Chiesa di San Domenico The church dedicated to San Domenico, not far from the center, externally has a rather simple facade. On the left there is a baroque style bell tower. Inside the church predominates the white enriched by the gold and there is no lack of decorations.

• Cappella Madonna del Carmine It is one of the minor churches of Acquaviva, very ancient and built entirely of stone
• Cassa armonica in 1930 the “Cassa Armonica” was built.
• Grotta di Curtomartino

THE FOOD AND WINE EXCELLENCES:

• LA CIPOLLA ROSSA THE RED ONION
• IL CECE NERO THE BLACK CHICKPEAS
• IL VINO PRIMITIVO THE PRIMITIVE WINE In Acquaviva there is the largest population of saplings of Primitivo Gioia del Colle in the whole area affected by the Doc. The production of this type of wine arrives in Acquaviva around 1820 and finds ideal soil and climatic conditions - also due to the presence of water in the underground - which allow a considerable diffusion

_village festival / events_

• Calzone festival

One of the oldest festivals is that of "DEL CALZONE", born in 1971 by a man who loved his land and its traditions: GIUSEPPE CIRIELLI

The festival takes place every third weekend of October with food and wine stands and stage for live performances in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, a square called by all the inhabitants "the old garden".

• Onion festival

Acquaviva" is famous because it is the town of the red onion -LA CIPOLLA ROSSA- is already testified by ancient written texts such as the nineteenth-century one that tells the "History of the Palatine Church of Acquaviva delle Fonti from 1779 to 1785" its dimensions can exceed 22 centimeters in diameter, while the weight can reach up to one kilogram. The color, between carmine red and purplish, lightens inwards until it becomes completely white. Finally, the flavor is very sweet and pleasant.

• hot air balloon

Every year during the celebrations of the Madonna of Constantinople a huge paper balloon 20 meters high is launched.

This tradition was born in 1848, when the first hot air balloon was launched, the Dalò family handed down the secret to building this paper giant and making it fly in the sky of Acquaviva delle Fonti.