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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

town and episcopal see of See also:

APULIA (sometimes APPULIa in manuscripts but never in inscriptions)

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

tramway, and 6 m. S.S.E. of See also:

BARLETTA (anc. Barduli)

Barletta. Pop. (1901) 49,569. It was founded probably about 1046 by See also:

Peter, the first See also:

Norman See also:

COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of Andria. It was a favourite See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

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

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

fine churches of the 13th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. The See also:

CASTEL, LOUIS BERTRAND (1688-1757)

Castel del See also:

MONTE

Monte, 91 m. S. of Andria, was constructed by Frederick IL, who frequently resided here; it is an octagonal See also:

BUILDING

building in two storeys with octagonal towers at each See also:

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

angle, and was further surrounded by three See also:

OUTER

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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