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Canosa di Puglia (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 13 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.2167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 016 04 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 16.0667 decimal degrees |
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Note: One of the main cities of ancient Apulia; Canusium was a center of the ancient Daunians, became allied to Rome in 318 BCE. It received municipal status in 88 BCE. Was important trade center; destroyed by Saracens 9th cen.; rebuilt by Normans 11th cen. and later part of Kingdom of Naples; noted for cathedral of San Sabino (1080 CE) and Roman ruins. |
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| Canosa di Puglia (preferred,C,V)
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| Canosa (C,V)
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| Canusion (H,O)
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| Canusium (H,V)
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| Kanysion (H,O)
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Apulia (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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according to legend, city was founded by Diomedes, but recent excavations have unearthed Neolithic & Bronze Age settlements |
| city (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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important for dairy farming, stock breeding, almonds, olives & wine |
| episcopal see (H) |
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from AD 343, one of the first in Puglia, until the bishopric passed to Andria in 818 |
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