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Apulia
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A·pu·lia  (-ply) also Pu·glia (plyä)
A region of southeast Italy bordering on the Adriatic Sea, Strait of Otranto, and Gulf of Taranto. Its southern portion forms the heel of the Italian "boot."
Apulia [əˈpjuːljə]
n
(Placename) a region of SE Italy, on the Adriatic. Capital: Bari. Pop.: 4 085 239 (2000 est.). Area: 19 223 sq. km (7422 sq. miles) Italian name Puglia
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Noun1.Apulia - a region in southeastern Italy on the AdriaticApulia - a region in southeastern Italy on the Adriatic
Puglia
Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
Bari - capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast
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According to tradition, in 1620 the trulli houses became urban residences; for the first time Alberobello experimented a serious population increase, tanks to Giangirolamo (Jean Jerome) Acquaviva of Aragon, also known as the Apulian "guercio" (cross-eyed), who inherited the title of Earl of Conversano.
What Are the Origins of the Trulli Houses by Priya Singh / Law community
Contemporary reports that Scott refers to, but does not quote, confirm and even further spell out what we see in the Prayer Book illuminations: in 1447 Alfonso paid 745 ducats for a piece of gold brocade, more than forty-two times what an Apulian laborer would earn in a year
Medieval Dress and Fashion by Gibbons, Mary Weitzel / Renaissance Quarterly
The democratic Constitution of 1947 is the egg that Marta discovers in her ancestral Apulian land.
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