Valenzano is a town and comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

of about 18 548 inhabitants, situated in the province of Bari

Province of Bari

The Province of Bari is a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bari.It has an area of 5,138 km², and a total population of 1,594,109 . There are 48 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Bari...

, in Puglia, Italy

Italy

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. The town, who's about 16 km² extensive, it's known as a services city for the presence of several centers of scientific research, as Tecnopolis, one of the biggest of the Southern Italy

Valenzano is also known for the presence of historical monuments and churches, as the All Saints' Church.

History

According to the legend, Valenzano was founded by a Greek man, named Valentiniano, who arrived in Apulia in the 18th-19th century escaping an invasion of Saracens who destroyed a lot of cities and towns in the region, Bari

Bari

Bari is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, in Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples, and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas...

too.