See also:GALLIPOLI (anc. Callipolis)
, a seaport See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Lecce, 31 m
.
S. by W. of it by See also:rail, 46 ft. above See also:sea-level
.
Pop
.
(1901) town, 10,399; See also:commune, 13,459
.
It is situated on a rocky See also:island in the Gulf of See also:Taranto; but is See also:united to the mainland by a See also:bridge, protected by
a See also:castle constructed by See also:Charles I. of See also:Anjou
.
The other fortifications have been removed
.
The handsome See also:cathedral See also:dates from 1629
.
The town was once famous for its exports of See also:olive-oil, which was stored, until it clarified, in cisterns cut in the, See also:rock
.
This still continues, but to a less extent; the export of See also:wine, however, is increasing, and See also:fruit is also exported
.
The See also:ancient Callipolis was obviously of See also:Greek origin, as its name (" beautiful See also:city ") shows
.
It is hardly mentioned in ancient times
.
See also:Pliny tells us that in his 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 it was known as Anxa
.
It See also:lay a little off the road from See also:Tarentum to Hydruntum, but was reached by a See also:branch from Aletium (the site is marked by the See also:modern 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
.
Maria della Lizza)., among the ruins of which many Alessapian See also:inscriptions, but no Latin ones, have been found
.
(T
.
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