CERIGNOLA  , a

town of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Foggia, 26 m . S.E. by rail from the town of Foggia . Pop . (1901) 34,195• It was rebuilt after a great earthquake in 1731, and has a considerable agricultural trade . In 1503 the Spaniards under Gonzalo de Cordoba defeated the French under the duc de Nemours below the town—a victory which made the kingdom of Naples into a Spanish province in Italy . Cerignola occupies the site of Furfane, a station on the Via Traiana between Canusium and Herdoniae . CERIGOT`1'O, called locally Ls-us (anc . Aegilia or Ogylos; mod . Gr. officially Antikythera), an island of Greece, belonging to the Ionian group, and situated between Cythera (Cerigo) and Crete, about 20 M. from each . Some raised beaches testify to an upheaval in comparatively recent times . With an area of about 10 sq. m. it supports a population of about 300, who are mainly Cretan refugees, and in favourable seasons exports a quantity of good wheat . It was long a favourite resort of Greek pirates .

It is famous for the

discovery in 1900, close to its coast, of the wreck of an ancient ship with a cargo of bronze and marble statues .