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CONVERSANO , a See also: town and episcopal see of Apulia, See also: Italy, in the province of See also: Bari, 17 In
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S.E. by See also: rail from the town of Bari
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Pop
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(1901) 13,685
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It has a See also: fine See also: southern Romanesque See also: cathedral of the end of the 11th century, with a modernized interior, and a See also: castle which from 1456 belonged to the Acquaviva See also: family, See also: dukes of See also: Atri and See also: counts of Conversano
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The convent of S
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Benedetto is one of the earliest offshoots of Montecassino
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(See S
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See also: Simone, Il Duomo di Conversano, See also: Trani, 1896)
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Here, or in the vicinity, is the site of the unimportant See also: ancient town of See also: Norba
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