Foggia

Foggia is a comune of 146,072 inhabitants (Foggiani) in the Province of Foggia, Italy.

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The name Foggia derives from Latin "foveas", meaning "pits"; it has a cathedral called Madonna dei Sette Veli, and a stadium called Pino Zaccheria. The town is much devoted to Padre Pio although he was from Campania. Foggia is famous for its watermelons and tomatoes.

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Comune: In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....

Province of Foggia: Foggia (It. Provincia di Foggia) is a province in the Apulia region of Italy....

Italy: Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries...