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GALLIPOLI (anc. Callipolis)

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GALLIPOLI (anc. Callipolis) , a seaport See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Lecce, 31 m. S. by W. of it by See also:rail, 46 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (1901) town, 10,399; See also:commune, 13,459. It is situated on a rocky See also:island in the Gulf of See also:Taranto; but is See also:united to the mainland by a See also:bridge, protected by a See also:castle constructed by See also:Charles I. of See also:Anjou. The other fortifications have been removed. The handsome See also:cathedral See also:dates from 1629. The town was once famous for its exports of See also:olive-oil, which was stored, until it clarified, in cisterns cut in the, See also:rock. This still continues, but to a less extent; the export of See also:wine, however, is increasing, and See also:fruit is also exported. The See also:ancient Callipolis was obviously of See also:Greek origin, as its name (" beautiful See also:city ") shows. It is hardly mentioned in ancient times.

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Pliny tells us that in his See also:time it was known as Anxa. It See also:lay a little off the road from See also:Tarentum to Hydruntum, but was reached by a See also:branch from Aletium (the site is marked by the See also:modern See also:church of S. Maria della Lizza)., among the ruins of which many Alessapian See also:inscriptions, but no Latin ones, have been found. (T.

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