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CONVERSANO

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 46 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CONVERSANO , a See also:

town and episcopal see of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Bari, 17 In. S.E. by See also:rail from the town of Bari. Pop. (1901) 13,685. It has a See also:fine See also:southern Romanesque See also:cathedral of the end of the 11th See also:century, with a modernized interior, and a See also:castle which from 1456 belonged to the Acquaviva See also:family, See also:dukes of See also:Atri and See also:counts of Conversano. The See also:convent of S. Benedetto is one of the earliest offshoots of Montecassino. (See S. See also:Simone, Il Duomo di Conversano, See also:Trani, 1896). Here, or in the vicinity, is the site of the unimportant See also:ancient town of See also:Norba.

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