FOGGIA
, a See also:town and episcopal see (since 1855) of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, the See also:capital of the See also:province of Foggia, situated 243 ft. above See also:sea-level, in the centre of the See also:great Apulian See also:plain, 201 M. by See also:rail S.E. of See also:Ancona and 123 M
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N.E. by E. of See also:Naples
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Pop
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(1901) town, 49,031; See also:commune, 53,134
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The name is probably derived from the pits or cellars (foveae) in which the inhabitants See also:store their See also:grain
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The town is the See also:medieval successor of the See also:ancient See also:Arpi, 3 M. to the N.; the See also:Normans, after conquering the See also:district from the Eastern See also:empire, gave it its first importance
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The date of the erection of the See also:cathedral is probably about 1179; it retains some traces of See also:Norman See also:architecture, and the See also:facade has a See also:fine figured See also:cornice by Bartolommeo da Foggia; the See also:crypt has capitals of the 11th (?) See also:century
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The whole 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 was, however, much altered after the See also:earthquake of 1731
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A gateway of the See also:palace of the See also:emperor See also:Frederick II
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(1223, by Bartolommeo da Foggia) is also preserved
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Here died his third wife, See also:Isabella, daughter of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:John of See also:England
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See also:Charles of See also:Anjou died here in 1284
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After his son's See also:death, it was a See also:prey to See also:internal dissensions and finally came under See also:Alphonso I. of See also:Aragon, who converted the pastures of the Apulian plain into a royal domain in 1445, and made Foggia the See also:place at which the tax on the See also:sheep was to be paid and the See also:wool to be sold
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The other buildings of the town are See also:modern
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Foggia is a commercial centre of some importance for the produce of the surrounding See also:country, and is also a considerable railway centre, being situated on the See also:main See also:line from See also:Bologna to See also:Brindisi, at the point where this is joined by the line from See also:Benevento and See also:Caserta
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There are also branches to Rocchetta S
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See also:Antonio (and thence to either See also:Avellino, See also:Potenza, or Gioia del Colle), to See also:Manfredonia, and to See also:Lucera
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