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Apulia

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

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 region, which is divided into Bari, Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce, and Taranto provs. (named for their capitals). Apulia is mostly a plain; its low coast, however, is broken by the mountainous Garagano Peninsula in the north, and there are mountains in the north central part of the region. Farming was... Read more

Apulia
Apulia (Puglia), Italy A region with a long coastline on the Adriatic Sea whose name is probably derived from the Apuli, the Latin name for the inhabitants, who themselves may have taken a name, possibly Iapigi, connected with ap ‘water’. Read more

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	APULIA FRIENDS TO MAKE LEWIS AND CLARK JOURNEY; APULIA FRIENDS TO SET OUT ON LEWIS AND CLARK JOURNEY.(Local)(Column) ; ...the southern Onondaga County hamlet of Apulia to the Pacific Ocean, and back. Figure...today, they leave their home on Route 80, Apulia, in a 2004 Chevy Malibu for a road trip...children each they bought an old farmhouse in Apulia and joined two families under the roof... Read more
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	TRAVEL The culture club of the deep south; The remote Apulia region of southern Italy is a worthwhile discovery. Carol Howland enjoyed peeling off the layers of history. ; ...there is a war just across the Adriatic. Apulia has not been inundated by Kosovan refugees...cannot sling missiles across the Adriatic, Apulia's tourism industry is suffering, bookings down by sixty per cent (from a low base). Apulia has remained relatively undiscovered... Read more
	Apulia: rustic fabulousness in Italy's heelThe tourist infrastructure has improved markedly in the past five years, but the region still offers a quiet kind of charm. ; ...was in the southern Italian region of Apulia, which I had known to be an inconvenient...also a barometer of what was happening in Apulia.The Bari airport that I flew into this...it had been, say, five years earlier. Apulia was entering that instantly recognizable... Read more
	REGIONAL POLICY: EIB LOAN FOR ITALY'S APULIA REGION.(loan for region from European Investment Bank)(Brief Article) ; ...under the Regional Operational Programme (ROP) for the region of Apulia. The loan will carry a term of 25 years, including a grace period...and to create new businesses. With four million inhabitants, Apulia is one of the most densely-populated Objective 1 regions (under-develop... Read more
	ZINFANDELS FROM APULIA, ITALY, AND CROATIA GETTING ATTENTION.(Lifestyle) ; ...Croatia and particularly the region of Apulia in southern Italy are poised to capitalize...is known as plavac mali, and in Italy's Apulia region, where it goes by the name of primativo. It is in Apulia where zinfandel is having the greatest... Read more
	COMPANY TO PAY FOR DAMAGES; WOODFORD BROS. OF APULIA STATION ACCIDENTALLY STARTED A FIRE IN THE ROOF OF THE FAYETTEVILLE VILLAGE HALL.(Neighbors East) ; ...Fayetteville Village Hall last week has agreed to pick up the tab for damages. Tom Woodford Jr., president of Woodford Bros. of Apulia Station, last week said he was not sure how much the damage will cost. The damage wasn't substantial, he said. We'll take care... Read more
	The buzz in Apulia? Trulli homes. ; ...Naples, did we check into a hotel. Now, as we headed toward Apulia (Puglia in Italian), we were looking forward to our next overnight...limestone houses with domed roofs of stacked stones. Found only in Apulia, the trulli look like whitewashed stone teepees. Stories vary... Read more
	Beyond a regional doubt: Italian cuisine as such doesn't exist. Chefs are discovering that distinctive foods of regions such as Tuscany, Apulia, Umbria and Sicily define the real Italy and command spotlights of their own.(FOOD)(Cover Story) ; ...serves it with mustard aioli he stole from an operation in Venice. Pappardelle di spinaci, which he copped from a restaurant in Apulia, consists of three kinds of shrimp, housemade spinach pappardelle, dried tomatoes, Anaheim chiles and olive oil in a sauce of... Read more
	METHODIST MINISTERS "BELIEVE WE WERE SENT BY THE LORD'; SHE HANDLES BRIDGEPORT WHILE HE MINISTERS IN APULIA AND ONATIVIA.(Neighbors East)(Column) ; ...m. service at Onativia United Methodist, then drives to the nearby Apulia United Methodist for an 11 a.m. service. Pastor Yang, as Hyun Joo is...serves the Bridgeport church while he ministers to congregations in Apulia and Onativia. Color. Read more

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