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