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MANFREDONIA
, a See also:town and archiepiscopal see (with Viesti) of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Foggia, from which it is 22a M
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N.E. by See also:rail, situated on the See also:coast, facing E., 13 ft. above See also:sea-level, to- the See also:south of See also:Monte See also:Gargano, and giving its name to the gulf to the See also:east of it
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(1901), 11,549
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It was founded by See also:Manfred in 1263, and destroyed by the See also:Turks in 162o; but the See also:medieval See also:castle of the Angevins and parts of the town walls are well preserved
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In the See also: See A . Beltramelli, Il Gargano (See also:Bergamo, 1907) . (T . |
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