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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 384 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GRAVINA  , a

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town and episcopal see of
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Apulia,
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Italy, in the
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province of
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Bari, from which it is 63 m . S.W. by
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rail (29 M.
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direct), 1148 ft. above
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sea-level . Pop . (1901) 18,197 . The town is probably of
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medieval origin,. though some conjecture that it occupies the site of the
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ancient
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Blera, a
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post station on the Via
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Appia . The
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cathedral is a
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basilica of the 15th
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century . The town is surrounded with walls and towers, and a
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castle of the
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emperor
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Frederick II. rises above the town, which later belonged to the
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Orsini,
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dukes of Gravina; just outside it are dwellings and a
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church (S . Michele) all hewn in the
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rock, and now abandoned . Prehistoric remains in the
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district (remains of ancient settlements, tumuli, &c.) are described by V. di Cicco in Notizie degli scavi (1901), P . 217 .

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