Grumo Appula (
Barese: ; la, Grumum) is a town and ''
comune
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'' of the
Metropolitan City of Bari
The Metropolitan City of Bari ( it, Città Metropolitana di Bari) is a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bari. It replaced the Province of Bari and includes the city of Bari a ...
,
Apulia, southern
Italy
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.
The town is a few kilometers inland from the port of
Bari on the
Adriatic Sea
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and has a population of about 12,200.
People
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Francesco Colasuonno
Francesco Colasuonno (2 January 1925 – 31 May 2003) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as a Vatican diplomat for more than two decades. He had the personal title of archbishop and at the end of his service became a cardin ...
(1925-2003), cardinal and Vatican diplomat
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Sergio Rubini
Sergio Rubini (born 21 December 1959) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Rubini was born in Grumo Appula, Apulia, but soon moved to Rome to study acting. After some roles in theater, he debuted in a feature ...
(1959-), actor and film director
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Francesco Laforgia (1978-), politician
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Nicola Ventola (1978-), footballer
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Massimo Stano (1992-), Olympic champion racewalking
References
Cities and towns in Apulia
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