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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 269 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORIA , a See also:

town of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Lecce, 25 M. E. of See also:Taranto and 19 m. S.W. of See also:Brindisi by See also:rail, 540 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (Igor), 8838. It occupies the site of the See also:ancient Uria, the See also:chief town of the Sallentini, which stood in a commanding position in the centre of the See also:peninsula of the ancient See also:Calabria (q.v.), almost midway between Brundusium and See also:Tarentum on the Via See also:Appia. See also:Strabo mentions that he saw there the old See also:palace of the Messapian See also:kings (vi. 3. 6, p. 282). The town contains a small museum and a See also:fine See also:castle of See also:Frederick II., erected in 1227. The See also:Doria See also:family of See also:Genoa and See also:Rome is said to derive its name from a certain Tommaso d'Oria, who led the See also:rebellion against Frederick's son See also:Manfred.

Much damage was done by a See also:

cyclone in 1878.

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