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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 269 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORIA  , a

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town of
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Apulia,
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Italy, in the
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province of
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Lecce, 25 M . E. of
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Taranto and 19 m . S.W. of
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Brindisi by
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rail, 540 ft. above
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sea-level . Pop . (Igor), 8838 . It occupies the site of the
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ancient Uria, the
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chief town of the Sallentini, which stood in a commanding position in the centre of the
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peninsula of the ancient
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Calabria (q.v.), almost midway between Brundusium and
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Tarentum on the Via
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Appia .
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Strabo mentions that he saw there the old
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palace of the Messapian
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kings (vi . 3 . 6, p . 282) . The town contains a small museum and a
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fine
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castle of
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Frederick II., erected in 1227 . The
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Doria
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family of
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Genoa and
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Rome is said to derive its name from a certain Tommaso d'Oria, who led the
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rebellion against Frederick's son
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Manfred .

Much damage was done by a

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cyclone in 1878 .

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