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| region = Apulia
| province = Taranto (TA)
| frazioni = Marina di Castellaneta, Gaudella
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| mayor = Giovanni Gugliotti
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| area_total_km2 = 242.32
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| population_total = 17069
| population_as_of = 31 December 2013
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| population_demonym = Castellanetani
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| elevation_m = 245
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| saint = St. Nicholas and St. Francis of Paola
| day = December 8
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Castellaneta (Tarantino: {{lang|nap|Castelanéte}}) is a city and comune in the province of Taranto, in the Apulia region of Southern Italy, about {{convert|40|km|abbr=on}} from Taranto. Located in a territory spanning from the Murgia to the Ionian Sea, characterized by numerous gravina (ravines), it is part of the Comunità Montana della Murgia Tarantina (Tarentine Murgia Mountain Community).

History

Human settlements were present in the area since the Bronze Age (3rd–2nd millennium BC), and it was later probably settled by Sicels, Messapii and Iapyges.

According to a theory, a fortified city (Castania in Latin) was founded in 550 and grew in size when the population of neighbouring cities fled there from Saracen attacks. Other historians maintain instead that it was a Greek colony which existed until the 8th century. When the Saracens destroyed it, the inhabitants joined in a Castellum Unitum (United Castle) on the hills, whence the current name.

Whatever its origin, Castellaneta was conquered by the Normans in 1064, taken by Duke Robert of Taranto, who expelled its Byzantine inhabitants. At that time, probably, the episcopal see was created. In the 13th century Charles of Anjou turned it first into a fief, and later into a King's city.

In 1503, during the Italian Wars, the citizens pushed back a French occupation force under the Duke of Nemours, in the so-called "Sack of Castellaneta". In 1519 the Spaniards sold it to Flemish feudatories, and thenceforth the city started to decline as secondary centre.

In 1944 Castellaneta was bombed by the withdrawing Germans, killing 27 people. For this feat the city received a bronze medal to civil valour.

Main sights

The Castellaneta Cathedral (Chiesa di San Nicola) was built in 1220 but was totally remade in the 18th century, along Baroque lines. Noteworthy are the façade and three canvasses by Carlo Porta. Annexed is the Palazzo Vescovile (Bishops' Palace), housing other works of art. The cathedral is named after Saint Nicholas, whose relics are held in the nearest big city, Bari.
San Domenico, with a façade in both Renaissance and Baroque styles.
San Francesco d'Assisi (1471), with canvasses from the 17th century.
Santa Maria della Luce (13th century), is one of the few example of Angevine-Gothic architecture in the area, along with the Cathedral's bell tower. Built on uneven terrain, it is in the shape of a ship's deck, and has interesting frescoes in the interior.
The Gravina of Castelleneta and numerous carved caves, once inhabited by local population, some of them used as churches.
The Rudolph Valentino Museum with exhibits on the life of the movie actor including movie posters, the bed he slept in as a child in Castellaneta and a reconstruction of a set from the movie The Son of the Sheik with the tent used in the film.^[1]

People

Actor Rudolph Valentino was born in Castellaneta in 1895. The ancestors of Dan Castellaneta, an actor/voice actor best known for his work on The Simpsons, were from the city.

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Website of Il Museo Rodolfo Valentino|url=http://www.fondazionevalentino.it/|accessdate=25 May 2013}}

Sources

{{cite book|last=Arditi|first=Giacomo|title=La corografia fisica e storica della Provincia di Terra d'Otranto|pages=118–125|location=Lecce|year=1895}}
{{cite book|title=Castellaneta nei manoscritti del Prof. Nicola d'Alagni|last=Colafemmina|first=Donato|location=Castellaneta|year=1980}}

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