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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 974 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANDRIA , a See also:

town and episcopal see of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Bari; 35m. W. of the town of Bari by See also:steam See also:tramway, and 6 m. S.S.E. of See also:Barletta. Pop. (1901) 49,569. It was founded probably about 1046 by See also:Peter, the first See also:Norman See also:count of Andria. It was a favourite See also:residence of the See also:emperor See also:Frederick II., whose second and third wives, Iolanthe and See also:Isabella of See also:England, were buried in the See also:cathedral dedicated to St See also:Richard, who is believed to have come from England in 492; their tombs, however, no longer exist. There are several other See also:fine churches of the 13th See also:century. The See also:Castel del See also:Monte, 91 m. S. of Andria, was constructed by Frederick IL, who frequently resided here; it is an octagonal See also:building in two storeys with octagonal towers at each See also:angle, and was further surrounded by three See also:outer walls. Despite its massive and imposing exterior, its details are fine. See E.

Rocchi in L'Arte, i. (1898) 121.

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