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RUVO , a See also:

town and episcopal see of See also:Apulia, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Bari, 21 M. W. of the See also:city of that name by See also:steam See also:tramway, 853 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (1901) 25,245. The See also:cathedral, a See also:basilica with a very lofty See also:nave (so high, indeed, that the gable of the See also:facade is only slightly above the steep sloping See also:roofs of the aisles, and the See also:clerestory is very small), and with two aisles, has three apses, a square campanile and a See also:rich facade with three portals. It belongs probably to the 13th See also:century. The interior has a See also:fine See also:triforium; it contains some interesting frescoes of the 15th century, and is unique in Apulia in having a See also:gallery supported by corbels See also:round the nave (see A. Avena, Monumenti dell' Italia Meridianale, See also:Rome, 1902, 117). S. Giovanni Rotondo is an See also:ancient circular See also:baptistery with two large fonts. In the Palazzo Jatta is a famous and beautiful collection of vases and coins found in the Apulian tombs around the city; See also:part of these, however, are now to be found in the museum at See also:Naples. The Palazzo See also:Spinola has an interesting See also:Renaissance See also:court.

Ruvo occupies the site of the ancient Rubi, on the Via Trajana (see See also:

APPIA, VIA). Coins were issued by the city before it became See also:Roman. (T.

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