Adelfia

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Comune di Adelfia
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Puglia
Province	Bari
Mayor

Elevation	154 m
Area	29 km²
Population
- Total (as of December 31, 2004)	16,824
- Density	560/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	41°00′N, 16°52′E
Gentilic	Torittesi
Dialing code	080
Postal code	70010
Frazioni	Canneto, Montrone
Patron	Madonna della Stella^[1]
- Day	Easter Monday
Location of Adelfia in Italy
Website: www.comune.adelfia.bari.it

Adelfia is a town and comune in the province of Bari, Puglia, Italy. The town is a combination of two smaller towns, being Montrone and Canneto.

The urban center is constituted by two villages (Canneto and Montrone) that were separated for a long time. Canneto was founded by the Normans of Robert Guiscard between 1080 and 1090, on the place of an ancient center (probably to be identified with Celiae), documented from ceramics and more recent graves from the 4th century AD. Montrone was founded in 980 by Greek refugees. Both have been subdued to varied feudal lords until 1806, when feudalism was abolished in the Kingdom of Two Sicilies. The two center were untied in 1927 under the artificial name of Adelfia, from the Greek term adelphòs, meaning brotherhood.

Between the 19th and the 20th century they suffered a considerable emigration towards the United States. The city life is today mainly connected to that of the nearby Bari.