OTRANTO  , a seaport and archiepiscopal see of See also:

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

Apulia, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• LECCE (anc. Lupiae)

Lecce, from which it iS''29z M . S.E. by See also:

• RAIL

rail, 49 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level . Pop . (1901) 2295 . It is beautifully situated on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula of the See also:

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

ancient See also:

• CALABRIA

Calabria (q.v.) . The See also:

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

castle was erected by See also:

• ALPHONSO

Alphonso of See also:

• ARAGON, or ARRAGON (in Span. Aragon)

Aragon; the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, consecrated in 1o88, has a See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose window and See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side portal of 1481 . The interior, a See also:

• BASILICA

basilica with See also:

• NAVE

nave and two aisles, contains columns said to come from a See also:

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

temple of See also:

• MINERVA

Minerva and a See also:

• FINE

fine 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 See also:

• PAVEMENT (Lat. pavimentu;n, a floor beaten or rammed hard, from pavire, to beat)

pavement of 1166, with interesting representations of the months, Old Testament subjects, &c . It has a See also:

• CRYPT (Lat. crypta, from the Gr. Kp&arrew, to hide)

crypt supported by See also:

• FORTY

forty-two See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble columns . The 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 . Pietro has See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine frescoes . Two submarine cables start from Otranto, one for Valona, the other for See also:

• CORFU (anc. and mod. Gr. KEpKvpa or Kopiupa, Lat. Corcyra)

Corfu . The See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is small and has little See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade .

Otranto occupies the site of the ancient Hydrus or Hydruntum, a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek origin . In See also:

• ROMAN

Roman times it was less important than Brundusium as a point of embarkation for the East, though the distance to See also:

• APOLLONIA

Apollonia was less than from Brundusium . It remained in the hands of the Byzantine emperors until it was taken by See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Guiscard in 1o68 . In 148o it was utterly destroyed by the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• FLEET

fleet, and .has never since recovered its importance . About 30 M . S.E. lies the promontory of S . Maria di Leuca (so called since ancient times from its See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white cliffs), the S.E. extremity of Italy, the ancient Promontorium lapygium or Sallentinum . The See also:

• DISTRICT

district between this promontory and Otranto is thickly populated, and very fertile . (T .