LUCERA  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and episcopal see of See also:

• APULIA (sometimes APPULIa in manuscripts but never in inscriptions)

Apulia, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, 121 M . W.N.W. by See also:

• RAIL

rail of See also:

• FOGGIA

Foggia . Pop . (Igor) 16,962 . It is situated upon a lofty See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau, the highest point of which (823 ft.), projecting to the W., was the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient citadel, and is occupied by the well-preserved See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle erected by See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick II., and rebuilt by See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre d'Angicourt about 1280 . The See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, originally Romanesque, but restored after 1300 is in the See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style; the See also:

• FACADE

facade is See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good, and so is the See also:

• CIBORIUM

ciborium . The interior was restored in 1882 . The town occupies the site of the ancient Luceria, the See also:

• KEY
• KEY (in O. Eng. tang; the ultimate origin of the word is unknown; it appears only in Old Frisian kei of other Teutonic languages; until the end of the 17th century the pronunciation was kay, as in other words in O. Eng. ending in aeg; cf. daeg, day; clang
• KEY (the phraseograms being indicated by hyphens)
• KEY, SIR ASTLEY COOPER (1821-1888)
• KEY, THOMAS HEWITT (1799-1875)

key of the whole See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . According to tradition the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of See also:

• MINERVA

Minerva, founded by Diomede, contained the Trojan See also:

• PALLADIUM (Gr. sraXXit&ov)
• PALLADIUM [symbol Pd, atomic weight Io6.7 (O=16)]

Palladium, and the town struck numerous See also:

• BRONZE

bronze coins; but in See also:

• HISTORY

history it is first heard of as on the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side in the Samnite See also:

• WARS

Wars (321 B.C.), and in 315 or 314 B.C. a Latin See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony was sent here . It is mentioned in subsequent military history, and its position on the road from Beneventum, via Aecae (mod . Troja) to Sipontum, gave it some importance . Its See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool was also renowned .

It now contains no ancient remains above ground, though several See also:

• MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

mosaic pavements have been found and there are traces of the See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of an See also:

• AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

amphitheatre outside the town on the E . The town-See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall contains a statue of See also:

• VENUS

Venus, a mosaic and some See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions (but cf . Th . See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen's remarks on the See also:

• LOCAL

local neglect of antiquities in Corp . Inscr . See also:

• LAT

Lat. ix . 75) . In 663 it was destroyed by See also:

• CONSTANS, JEAN ANTOINE ERNEST (1833– )

Constans II., and was only restored in 1223 by Frederick II., who transported 20,000 See also:

• SARACENS

Saracens hither from See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily . They were at first allowed religious freedom, but became Christians under compulsion in 1300 . Up to 18o6 Lucera was the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the provinces of See also:

• BASILICATA

Basilicata and Molise . (T .