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Mola di Bari, commonly referred to simply as Mola, is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. In recent times, the town was best known for having primarily whitewashed buildings, however, growth, modern construction, and building design have changed the image significantly, particularly in the northern (and more modern) part of the town. Mola's city center is its main piazza, ''Piazza XX Settembre'' near the port and it also boasts a church (Chiesa Matrice, i.e. Mother Church) dating back to the thirteenth century. Bakeries in Mola are known to make some of the finest focaccia in Italy. Until the early 1990s, there were two privately owned public ovens available to the inhabitants of Mola, one located on (Via Nino Bixio ), on the southern part of the town, and the other located on (Via Pesce ), on the opposite side of the main Piazza. These businesses served the local residents by providing a place to cook baked goods, primarily focaccia and breads. Typically, focaccia pans were quite large (some approaching half a meter in diameter) and were difficult to cook in one’s home. The tradition of sending items to be baked by the local oven has passed. Mola is also home to a large fishing industry that supplies fresh fish throughout the southern Italian region. == History == The old settlement of Neolithic people is confirmed by some archaeological remains. The origin of the city is not known entirely because of lack of sufficient traces to assert a Greek origin (coins now dispersed, with an old emblem showing the symbol of Athens) or Roman (with a Roman villa of the imperial period close to the northern coast and the remains of a water tank). The proof of the existence of an urban settlement remains scarce and contradictory up until 1277, when Charles I of Anjou ordered the reconstruction of the city along with the building of city walls, a church, and a castle. It came under the control of various feudal families (Macedonio, Gesualdo, Maramaldo, Toraldo, Carafa, Vaaz), until in 1670 when Mola was able to get rid of remnants of feudal power and to restore its original status within the Kingdom of Naples. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mola di Bari」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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