Terlizzi

Infobox CityIT
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official_name = Comune di Terlizzi
name =Terlizzi
region = Puglia
province = Bari
elevation_m = 190
area_total_km2 = 68,30
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 27532
population_density_km2 = 403,1
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|41|08|N|16|33|E
frazioni = Sovereto
telephone = 080
postalcode = 70038
gentilic = Terlizzesi
saint = Madonna di Sovereto
day = April 23
mayor = Vincenzo di Tria
website = [http://www.comune.terlizzi.ba.it www.comune.terlizzi.ba.it]
mapx=41.08
mapy=16.33

Terlizzi is a town in Apulia, Italy, in the province of Bari, to the west of the city of Bari, situated in the midst of a fertile plain, 627 ft. above sea-level. Its population is 26,785, up from a 1901 population of 23,394. It has a castle which at one time was very strong, and occasionally resorted to by the Emperor Frederick II, and later by the Aragonese sovereigns. The walls and towers of the town remain, but the fosse has been turned into boulevards. Terlizzi has some trade in the wine and fruit of the region. In 1745, a fine Greek-made inkstand inlaid in silver was found in a nearby, ancient cove, in Suberito (at now, Sovereto). Starting from that date, was built a 22 meters tall triumphal wagon to keep the picture in Terlizzi's streets.

Terlizzi at one point (1400's?) was owned by the Principality of Monaco. In fact, the oldest map of Terlizzi still hangs in the Palace at Monte Carlo. There is no castle in Terlizzi but there remains intact a magnificent clock tower in the center of town that was built by the Norman conquerors in the 12th Century AD. Terlizzi officials say that the back-lit clock on that tower is the second largest in Europe after Big Ben.

One of the last remaining stretches of the Appian Way that is still unpaved runs through the outskirts of Terlizzi. This stretch of the Appian Way is part of the Via Appia Traiana, built by Emperor Trajan sometime around 115 AD. It is also just off this road that one can find the church of Santa Maria di Cesano, built in 1055 AD.

Terlizzi is the birthplace of the current Governor of Apulia, Nichi Vendola. It is also the birthplace of the castrato contemporary of Farinelli, Giuseppe Millico (1739-1802).