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BRINDISI (anc. Brundisium, q.v.)

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BRINDISI (anc. See also:Brundisium, q.v.) , a seaport See also:town and archiepiscopal see of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Lecce, 24 M. N.W. by See also:rail from the town of Lecce, and 346 M. from See also:Ancona. Pop. (1861) 8000; (1871) 13,755; (1901) 25,317. The See also:chief importance of Brindisi is due to its position as a starting-point for the See also:East. The inner See also:harbour, admirably sheltered and 27 to 30 ft. in See also:depth, allows ocean steamers to See also:lie at the quays. Brindisi has, however, been abandoned by the large steamers of the See also:Peninsular & See also:Oriental See also:Steam See also:Navigation See also:Company, which had called there since 187o, but since '898 See also:call at See also:Marseilles instead; small See also:express boats, carrying the mails, still leave every See also:week, connecting with the larger steamers at See also:Port Said; but the number of passengers leaving the port, which for the years 1893—1897 averaged 14,728, was only 7608 in 1905, and only 943 of these were carried by the P. & O. boats. The harbour railway station was not completed until 1905 (Consular See also:Report, No. 3672, 1906, pp. 13 sqq.).

The port was cleared in 1905 by 1492 vessels of 1,486,269 tons. The imports represented a value of £629,892 and the exports a value of £663,2or---an increase of 084,077 and £57,807 respectively on the figures of the previous See also:

year, while in 1899 the amounts, which were below the See also:average, were only £298,400 and £253,000. The See also:main imports are See also:coal, See also:flour, See also:sulphur, See also:timber and metals; and the main exports, See also:wine and See also:spirits, oil and dried fruits. See also:Frederick II. erected a See also:castle, with huge See also:round towers, to guard the inner harbour; it is now a convict See also:prison. The See also:cathedral, ruined by earthquakes, was restored in 17431749, but has.sdme remains of its See also:mosaic See also:pavement (1178). The baptismal See also:church of S. Giovanni al Sepolcro (11th See also:century) is now a museum. The town was captured in 836 by the See also:Saracens, and destroyed by them; but was rebuilt in the rrth century by See also:Lupus the protospatharius, See also:Byzantine See also:governor. In 1071 it See also:fell into the hands of the See also:Normans, and frequently appears in the See also:history of the See also:Crusades, See also:Early in the 14th century the inner port was blocked by Giovanni See also:Orsini, See also:prince of See also:Taranto; the town was devastated by pestilence in 1348, and was plundered in 1352 and 1383; but even greater damage was done by the See also:earthquake of 1456. (T.

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