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BISCEOLIE (perhaps anc. Natiolum)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 992 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BISCEOLIE (perhaps anc. Natiolum) , a seaport and .episcopal see of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, on the E.S.E. See also:coast, in the See also:province of See also:Bari, from which it is distant 211 M. by See also:rail. Pop. (1901) 30,885. Two towers, one some 90 ft. high, of a once strong See also:Norman See also:castle still remain; the See also:cathedral belongs to the same See also:period. The See also:church of S. Margherita, founded in 1197, has See also:fine canopied See also:Gothic tombs of the See also:Falcone See also:family.

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