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Rodi Garganico

Comune in Apulia, Italy

Location of Rodi Garganico

41°55′46″N 15°53′05″E / 41.92944°N 15.88472°E / 41.92944; 15.88472CountryItalyRegionApuliaProvinceProvince of Foggia (FG)FrazioniLido del Sole [sh]Government

• MayorCarmine D'AnelliArea

^[1]

• Total13.23 km² (5.11 sq mi)Elevation

46 m (151 ft)Population

(30 November 2016)^[2]

• Total3,682 • Density280/km² (720/sq mi)DemonymRodianiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

71012

Dialing code0884Patron saintMadonna della LiberaSaint day2 JulyWebsiteOfficial website

Rodi Garganico (Italian pronunciation: [ˈrɔːdi ɡarˈɡaːniko]; Garganico: Roud' [ˈrəʉdə] or Rur' [ˈruːrə])^[3] is a town and commune in the province of Foggia, Apulia, south-eastern Italy. Located on a promontory east of the Lago di Varano, it is part of the Gargano National Park and of the Mountain Community of Gargano.

Rodi is center for the production of citrus fruits^[4] such as Arance del Gargano (Gargano Oranges) and Lemon "Femminiello" of Gargano, both DOP products cultivated since the Middle Ages.^[5]

It is a seaside resort with several long beaches located both west and east to the town.

History

Rodi is located in an area inhabited since prehistoric (Palaeolithic and Neolithic) times. According to early 19th-century historian Michelangelo Manicone,^[6] its origins are connected to the Dauni ancient people, while, according to other version, it could have been founded by Greek colonists from Rhodes.^[7] Pliny the Elder mentions a Portus Garnae^[8] which has been identified as the modern Rodi Garganico.

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Rodi was destroyed by the Ostrogoths in 485 AD and rebuilt in 553 after the Gothic War. In 950 it was attacked by the Saracens. In 1461 it was occupied by the Aragonese. Starting from the 16th century, it became one of the main centers for the production and trading of agrumes in southern Italy.^[9]

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
^ Canepari 1999, p. 433.
^ Manicone 1806, pp. 155–156.
^ Hardy, Hole & Pozzan 2008, p. 95.
^ Manicone 1806.
^ "La Storia di Rodi Garganico". Rodi-Garganico.com (in Italian). Retrieved 3 July 2013.
^ Pliny the Elder, 77, Naturalis Historia, III, xi, p. 103.
^ Giarè, Francesca; Giuca, Sabrina (2008). Cultura, tradizioni e qualità degli agrumi (in Italian). Rome: INEA. ISBN 978-88-8145-138-8.

Sources

Canepari, Luciano (1999). Il DⁱPI: dizionario di pronuncia italiana (in Italian). Roma: Zanichelli. ISBN 88-08-09344-1.
Hardy, Paula; Hole, Abigail; Pozzan, Olivia (2008). "The Gargano Promontory". Puglia and Basilicata Travel Guide. Foggia: EDT. ISBN 978-88-6040-277-6. Archived from the original on 20 February 2008.
Manicone, Michelangelo (1806). La Fisica Appula (in Italian). Naples: Domenico San Giacomo Editore.