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BITONTO (anc. Butunti)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 13 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BITONTO (anc. Butunti) , a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Bari, ro m. See also:west by See also:steam See also:tramway from Bari. Pop. (1901) 30,617. It was a See also:place of no importance in classical times. Its See also:medieval walls are still preserved. Its See also:cathedral is one of the finest examples of the Romanesque See also:architecture of Apulia, and has escaped damage from later restorations. The palazzo Sylos-Labini has a See also:fine See also:Renaissance See also:court of 1502.

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