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Altamura

Altamura, the complete guide.

Pane di Altamura DOP bread, Frederick II cathedral.

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Altamura

About Altamura

A town on the Alta Murgia famous across Italy for its bread, the dense, golden-crusted Pane di Altamura, the country's first DOP loaf. Its old center turns around a Romanesque-Gothic cathedral founded by Frederick II.

Altamura, Puglia, Italy

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In Istat's official POSAS release for 1 January 2026, Altamura is listed as a current municipality in the province of Bari.1

Istat identifies Altamura with six digit municipality code 072004 in province code 072.1

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  1. IstatPOSAS resident population at 1 January 2026, province of Bari CSV feedPOSAS_2026_it_072_Bari.csv, rows where Comune is AltamuraRead source