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Apulia Apulia
Apulia , Ital. Puglia, region (1991 pop. 4,031,885), 7,469 sq mi (19,345 sq km), S Italy, bordering on the Adriatic Sea in the east and the Strait of Otranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its southern portion, a peninsula, forms the heel of the Italian "boot." Bari is the capital of the... Read more
Altamura Altamura
Altamura , city (1991 pop. 57,874), Apulia, S Italy. It is a commercial and agricultural center. The imposing Romanesque cathedral, with twin campaniles, was begun by Emperor Frederick II in 1232.... Read more
Foggia Foggia
Foggia , city (1991 pop. 156,268), capital of Foggia prov., in Apulia, S Italy. It is a transportation and industrial center and the main wheat market of S Italy. It is a highly diversified secondary industrial center. It has long been the custom to store grain in huge holes dug in the squares of... Read more
Calabria Calabria
Calabria , region (1991 pop. 2,070,203), 5,822 sq mi (15,079 sq km), S Italy, a peninsula projecting between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ionian Sea, separated from Sicily by the narrow Strait of Messina. It forms the toe of the Italian "boot." Catanzaro is the capital of Calabria, which is... Read more
Cannae Cannae
Cannae , ancient village, Apulia, SE Italy, scene in 216 BC of Hannibal 's crushing defeat of the Romans. Hannibal's troops assumed a crescent-shaped formation to meet the Roman troops, which were especially concentrated in the center. As the Romans advanced, Hannibal by brilliant strategy managed... Read more
Italian Americans Italian Americans
ITALIAN AMERICANS by George Pozzetta Overview Moored by Alpine mountains in the north, the boot-shaped Italian peninsula juts into the central Mediterranean Sea. Along its European frontier, Italy shares borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia. The nation's land mass,... Read more
Trani Trani
Trani , town (1991 pop. 50,429), in Apulia, S Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. It is a seaport, a beach resort, and an agricultural center, famous for its wine. Trani enjoyed great prosperity at the time of the Crusades (11th-13th cent.) and again in the 15th-16th cent. Its ordinamenta maris of 1063... Read more
Filippo Bottazzi Filippo Bottazzi
Bottazzi, Filippo (b. Diso, Apulia, Italy, 23 December 1867; d. Diso, 19 September 1941) physiology. Bottazzi received the M.D. in Romed i 1893. Early the following year, he became an assistant in physiology at the Institute of Higher, Practical, and Postgraduate Studies of Florence (now the... Read more
Bisceglie Bisceglie
Bisceglie , city (1991 pop. 47,408), Apulia, S Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. It is a seaport, resort, and commercial center. Conquered by the Normans in the late 11th cent., the city later developed a prosperous merchant and military fleet. The duchy of Bisceglie was (16th cent.) a fief of Alfonso of... Read more
Otranto Otranto
Otranto , town (1991 pop. 5,114), in Apulia, extreme S Italy, on the Strait of Otranto, which links the Adriatic and Ionian seas. It is a small fishing port and a seaside resort. Originally a Greek settlement, Otranto became an important port under the Romans. Later ruled by the Byzantines and the... Read more

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Vacationing in Apulia offers 300 sunny days a year
News Wire article from: Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India) Bari (Italy), Nov. 2 -- Rome and Venice...paths - why not flee to the calm of Apulia? Apulia, the heel of Italy's boot, was dubbed "Finis Terrae...line the pews, lost in prayer. Apulia's churches bear witness ...
TRAVEL The culture club of the deep south; The remote Apulia region of...
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) ...of Brindisi on the heel of Italy, the ferry port...across the Adriatic. Apulia has not been inundated...across the Adriatic, Apulia's tourism industry...from a low base). Apulia has remained relatively...Sea beneath the ...
Trulli unique: Stone houses are the attraction in Italy's boot heel
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail ...drive from Bari in Apulia, a southeastern region in the heel of Italys boot. Train connections...the Valle dItria in Apulia. * Trullidea (www...Theres more to Apulia than trulli. If...parts of northern Italy, and it feels ...
LIQUID ASSETS; Italy now giving bad wine the boot.(TASTE)(LIQUID ASSETS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) ...1970s in southern Italy, eagerly exploring...heavily researched Italy's history, landmarks...to the vine." In Apulia, the region forming the heel of Italy's boot, more grapes are...blends coming out of ...
Europe's Cozy Corners
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times ...Chicago 60601; call 630-5840. Apulia (Italy) Relatively few Americans make it to the province of Apulia, the boot-heel at Italy's southeast extremity...regional idiosyncracies. Among Apulia's architectural ...
Italy Welcomes Albanians With Compassion -- and Worry
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...the building. This region of Italy has handled the influx of self...the Albanians arriving here in Apulia, on Italy's boot heel, usually with no more than a...nether regions, the people of Apulia are worried about the ...
Wine values lift spirits for holiday entertaining
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times ...slightly more expensive wine, Salice Salentino 1985 ($6.99) from Cosimo Taurino. This wine from the heel of Italy's boot, the Apulia region, is redolent of dark cherries and plums. All of these wines can be found at the prices listed at...
CUCINA ITALIANA; The classics: region by region.(TASTE)(SERIES: CUCINA ITALIANA)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) ...contributions, southern Italy has a tough act...chile peppers. APULIA More than a little...ubiquitous olive trees, Apulia also resembles California...grapevines. But Apulia is thoroughly Italian...As the long "heel" of ...
Refugee camps sprout across Italy ; As men flee North Africa, Berlusconi vows...
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune ...camps sprout across Italy ; As men flee North...prime minister of Italy said boats would arrive...olive groves here in Apulia, the region at the heel of Italy's boot, a sprawling tent...the president of the ...
6 THINGS YOU MUST DO IN... PUGLIA; THINK the high heel of Italy's famous...
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) ...S 1...LOOK OUT PUGLIA (Apulia in Italian) is a land of vivid...clear water and white sand, Italy's south-east extremity has...Adriatic, near the tip of the heel, where Albania is much closer...exciting baroque churches in Italy, the 16th Century Basilica...

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