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ACERENZA (anc. Aceruntia)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 135 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ACERENZA (anc. Aceruntia)  , a
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town of the
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province of
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Potenza,
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Italy, the seat of an
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archbishop, 151 M . N.E. of the station of Pietragalla, which is 9 M . N.W. of Potenza by
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rail, 2930 ft. above
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sea-level . Pop . (1901) 4499• Its situation is one of
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great strength, and it has only one entrance, on the
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south . It was occupied as a
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colony at latest by the end of the
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Republic, and its importance as a fortress was specially appreciated by the Goths and
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Lombards in the 6th and 7th centuries . It has a
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fine
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Norman
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cathedral, upon the gable of which is one of the best extant busts of
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Julian the Apostate .

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