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BARI (anc. Barium)

BARI (anc. See also:
BARIUM (symbol Ba, atomic weight 137'37 [0=16])
Barium) , a seaport and archiepiscopal see of See also:

APULIA (sometimes APPULIa in manuscripts but never in inscriptions)

Apulia, See also:

Italy, See also:

capital of the See also:

province of Bari, situated on a small See also:

peninsula projecting into the Adriatic, 6g m. N.W. of See also:

BRINDISI (anc. Brundisium, q.v.)

Brindisi by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (190i) 77,478. The See also:

TOWN

town consists of two parts, the closely built old town on the peninsula to the N., and the new town to the S., which is laid out on a rectangular See also:

plan. The former contains the See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral of S. Sabino, begun in 1035 but not completed till 1171: the exterior preserves in the See also:

main the See also:

FINE

fine See also:

ORIGINAL

original See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture (notably the See also:

DOME (Lat domus, house; Ital. duomo, cathedral)

dome and campanile), but the interior has been modernized. Not far off is the See also:

church of S. Nicola, founded in Io87 to receive the See also:

RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics of this See also:

SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint, which were brought from See also:

MYRA (mod. Dembre)

Myra in See also:

LYCIA

Lycia, and now See also:

lie beneath the See also:

ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar in the See also:

CRYPT (Lat. crypta, from the Gr. Kp&arrew, to hide)

crypt. The See also:

FACADE

facade is fine, and the interior, divided into three naves by columns, with galleries over the aisles, has fortunately not been restored; the vaulting of the crypt has, however, been covered with See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

STUCCO (Ital. stucco, adapted from O.H.G. stucchi, crust, piece, patch, Ger. Stuck, piece, allied to stock)

stucco. The church is one of the four See also:

PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

Palatine churches of Apulia (the others being the cathedrals of Acquaviva and See also:

ALTAMURA

Altamura, and the church of See also:

MONTE

Monte S.

Angelo sul See also:

GARGANO, MONTE (anc. Garganus Mons)

Gargano). Adjacent is the small church of S. Gregorio, belonging also to the 11th See also:

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

century. The See also:

castle, built in 1169, and strengthened in 1233, lies on the W. See also:

side of the old town: it is now used as a See also:

PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison. The old See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour lies on the E. side of the peninsula, and the new on the W. In the new town is the Ateneo, containing the provincial museum, with a large collection of vases found in the See also:

DISTRICT

district, in which the pre-Hellenic specimens are especially important (M. See also:

Mayer in Romische Mitteilungen, 1897, 201; 1899, 13; 1904, 188, 276). Bari is the seat of the command of the IX. See also:

army See also:

CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps, and the most important commercial town in Apulia. It manufactures See also:

OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive oil, See also:

SOAP

soap, See also:

CARBON (symbol C, atomic weight 12)

carbon sulphide and playing-See also:

CARDS, PLAYING

cards, and has a large See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron foundry. Barium does not seem to have been a See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

GREAT

great importance in See also:

early antiquity; only See also:

BRONZE

bronze coins struck by it have been found. In See also:

ROMAN

Roman times it was the point of junction between the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast road and the Via Traiana; there was also a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch road to See also:

Tarentum from Barium. Its harbour, mentioned as early as 181 B.C., was probably the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal one of the district in See also:

ancient times, as at See also:

PRESENT

present, and was the centre of a See also:

FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery.

But its greatest importance See also:

DATES

dates from the See also:

time when it became, in 852, a seat of the Saracen See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, and in 885, the See also:

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

residence of the See also:

BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor. In 1071 it was captured by See also:

Robert Guiscard. In 1095 See also:

Peter the See also:

HERMIT

Hermit preached the first crusade there. In 1156 it was razed to the ground, and has several times suffered destruction. In the 14th century it became an See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent duchy, and in 1558 was See also:

LEFT

left by See also:

Bona See also:

Sforza to See also:

Philip II. of See also:

Spain and See also:

Naples. (T.

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