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Guglielmo Minervini
Guglielmo Minervini (22 May 1961 – 2 August 2016) was an Italian politician, who served as the mayor of Molfetta from 1994 until 2001. From 2005 to 2016, he was a member of the Regional Assembly of Apulia, serving as an assessor under the Nichi Vendola presidency. Biography Minervini has been a close collaborator of bishop Antonio Bello and in 1985 he founded the "House of Peace", a point of reference for the fight against crime for many young people in the city. A progressive catholic, in 1994 Minervini was elected mayor of Molfetta as an Independent politician, independent supported by the Alliance of Progressives, becoming the first mayor elected directly by the people of Molfetta. He was re-elected in 1998 with the support of The Olive Tree (Italy), The Olive Tree coalition, and in that year he joined Romano Prodi's The Democrats (Italy), The Democrats, that later converged into Francesco Rutelli's The Daisy. During his administrative term, he laid down the conditions fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molfetta
Molfetta (; Molfettese: ) is a town located in the northern side of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. It has a well restored old city, and its own dialect. History The earliest local signs of permanent habitation are at the Neolithic site of Pulo, one of the most important such sites in southern Italy. The origins of the city can be traced to a small fishing port; antique graves testify to a fisherman's village in the fourth century BC. The position of the future city offered a valid landing to the commerce of Roman Rubo. The first indication of a toponym on the coast between ''Turenum'' (Trani) and ''Natiolum'' (Giovinazzo) is in the '' Itinerarium Provinciarum Antonini Augusti'', edited from a third-century core. The place denominated ''Respa'' was probably a wrong transcript of the toponym ''Melpha'', referring to a small village of fishermen. The first official document that mentions the city dates to November 925; it documents a ''civitas'' denomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
