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CERIGNOLA

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 761 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CERIGNOLA , a See also:

town of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Foggia, 26 m. S.E. by See also:rail from the town of Foggia. Pop. (1901) 34,195• It was rebuilt after a See also:great See also:earthquake in 1731, and has a considerable agricultural See also:trade. In 1503 the Spaniards under Gonzalo de See also:Cordoba defeated the See also:French under the duc de See also:Nemours below the town—a victory which made the See also:kingdom of See also:Naples into a See also:Spanish province in Italy. Cerignola occupies the site of Furfane, a station on the Via Traiana between See also:Canusium and Herdoniae. CERIGOT`1'O, called locally Ls-us (anc. Aegilia or Ogylos; mod. Gr. officially Antikythera), an See also:island of See also:Greece, belonging to the Ionian See also:group, and situated between See also:Cythera (Cerigo) and See also:Crete, about 20 M. from each. Some raised beaches testify to an upheaval in comparatively See also:recent times. With an See also:area of about 10 sq. m. it supports a See also:population of about 300, who are mainly Cretan refugees, and in favourable seasons exports a quantity of See also:good See also:wheat. It was See also:long a favourite resort of See also:Greek pirates.

It is famous for the See also:

discovery in 1900, See also:close to its See also:coast, of the See also:wreck of an See also:ancient See also:ship with a See also:cargo of See also:bronze and See also:marble statues.

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