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FRANCAVILLA FONTANA

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 775 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FRANCAVILLA See also:

FONTANA , a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Lecce, 22 M. by See also:rail E. by N. of See also:Taranto, 46o ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (1901) 17,759 (town); 20,510 (See also:commune). It is`in a See also:fine situation, and has a massive square See also:castle of the Umperiali See also:family, to whom, with See also:Oria, it was sold by S. Carlo See also:Borromeo in the 16th See also:century for 40,000 ounces of See also:gold, which he distributed in one See also:day to the poor.

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