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ALTAMURA

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town of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Bari, 28 M. S.S.W. of the town of that name, and 56 m. by See also:rail via Gioia del Colle. Pop. (1901) 22,729. It possesses a See also:fine Romanesque See also:cathedral begun in 1232 and restored in 1330 and 1531, the portal being especially remarkable. It is one of the four See also:Palatine churches of Apulia. The surrounding territory is fertile. The See also:medieval walls, erected by the See also:emperor See also:Frederick IL, See also:rest upon the walls of an See also:ancient See also:city of unknown name. These See also:early walls are of rough blocks of See also:stone. without See also:mortar. Ancient tombs with fragments of vases have also been found, and there are cases which have been used as See also:primitive tombs or dwellings, and a See also:group of some fifty tumuli near Altamura.

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