See also:BARLETTA (anc. Barduli)
, a seaport See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, on the E.S.E. See also:coast, in the See also:province of See also:Bari, 341 M
.
W.N.W. of Bari by See also:rail
.
Pop
.
(1901) 42,022
.
Its importance See also:dates from the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the See also:Hohenstaufen
.
The See also:Gothic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of S
.
Sepolcro was built at the See also:close of the 12th See also:century, and the Romanesque See also:cathedral was begun at the same See also:period, but added to later
.
In front of the former church stands a See also:bronze statue, 14 ft. in height, of the See also:emperor See also:Heraclius
.
The See also:castle behind the cathedral dates from 1537
.
The See also:harbour is See also:good
.
It was cleared by 5o8 sailing-vessels and 461 steamers, the latter with a See also:total See also:tonnage of 364,904 in 1904; the exports were of the value of £180,699 (principally See also:wine, See also:sulphur, oil, See also:tartar and tartaric See also:acid), and the imports £92,486 (See also:coal, See also:timber and sundries)
.
In the neighbourhood (between See also:Andria and Corato), during the See also:siege of See also:Barletta by the See also:French in 1503, the town being defended by the See also:Spanish See also:army, a combat took See also:place between thirteen picked knights of Italy and See also:France, which resulted in favour of the former: it has been celebrated by See also:Massimo d' See also:Azeglio in his Disfida di Barletta
.
Seven See also:miles to the N.W. are the See also:salt-See also:works of Barletta, now known under the name of Margherita di Savoia
.
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.
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