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TRANI
, a seaport and episcopal see of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, on the Adriatic, in the See also:province of See also:Bari, and 26 m. by See also:rail W.N.W. of that See also:town, 23 ft. above See also:sea-level
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(1901), 34,688
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Trani has lost its old walls and bastions, but the 13th-See also:century See also:Gothic citadel is used as a See also:prison
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Some of the streets remain much as they were in the See also:medieval See also:period, and many of the houses display more or less of See also:Norman decoration
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The See also:cathedral (dedicated to St See also:Nicholas the See also:Pilgrim, a See also:Greek assassinated at Trani in 1094 and canonized by See also:Urban II.), on a raised open site near the sea, was consecrated, before its completion, in 1143; it is a See also:basilica with three apses; a large See also:crypt and a lofty See also:tower, the latter erected in 1230-1239 by the architect whose name appears on the See also:ambo in the cathedral of See also:Bitonto, Nicolaus Sacerdos
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It has an See also:arch under it, being supported partly on the See also:side See also:wall of the See also: S . Giacomo and S . See also:Francesco also have Romanesque facades and the latter and S . See also:Andrea have " See also:Byzantine " domes . The vicinity of Trani produces an excellent See also:wine (Moscato di Trani) ;and its See also:figs, oil, almonds and See also:grain are also profitable articles of See also:trade . Trani is the Turenum of the itineraries . It first became a flourishing See also:place under the See also:Normans and during the See also:crusades, but attained the See also:acme of its prosperity as a seat of trade with the See also:East under the Angevin princes . The harbour, however, has lost its importance . |
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