Tag Archives: Apulia

Capitanata

Posted on September 13, 2013 by davidseurope

CAPITANATA District in the northwest of Apulia, including the Gargnano peninsula (the “spur of Italy”) and the neighbouring coastlands and interior.   It took its name from the Catapan, the principal officer of the Byzantine Empire in southern Italy after the … Continue reading →

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Calabria

Posted on August 22, 2013 by davidseurope

CALABRIA Roman district in the heel of Italy, which became the south of the late Roman province of Apulia et Calabria; A Byzantine theme; A modern Italian region. …but in these two latter cases Calabria means the toe of Italy, … Continue reading →

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Byzantine Italy

Posted on August 11, 2013 by davidseurope

BYZANTINE ITALY The Italian peninsula lay in the western half of the Roman Empire after its division in the late 3rd century and its permanent separation in 395.   In the late 480s the Ostrogoths, with the sanction of the Emperor … Continue reading →

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Brindisi

Posted on July 5, 2013 by davidseurope

BRINDISI Province in the Puglia (Apulia) region in southeastern Italy, formed in 1927 by dividing the province of Lecce, the former Terra d’Otranto.   The city of Brindisi is the nearest Italian port to the southern Balkans.

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Bari

Posted on May 19, 2013 by davidseurope

BARI City and seaport, which began as a Greek colony (Barion), on the Adriatic Sea in southeastern Italy; A late medieval Duchy; A province in modern Italy. Bari belonged to the Lombard Principality of Benevento, c.668-847, when it was seized … Continue reading →

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Aversa

Posted on May 7, 2013 by davidseurope

AVERSA A Norman County in southern Italy (the town is north of Naples), granted to the Norman leader Rainulf by Duke Sergius of Naples in 1030 and by the Emperor Conrad II in 1038.   It thus appeared earlier than the … Continue reading →

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Apulia et Calabria

Posted on April 20, 2013 by davidseurope

APULIA ET CALABRIA Province in southeastern Italy in the late Roman Empire, joining Calabria, the heel of Italy, with Apulia to the northwest, a district that included the “spur” of Italy.  The old province is now the region of Puglia … Continue reading →

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Apulia

Posted on April 20, 2013 by davidseurope

APULIA    PUGLIA. Roman region Medieval Duchy Contemporary Region in southeastern Italy.   It lies mainly east of the Apennines and extends from the spur of Italy round the heel to the instep. Apulia was one of the regions formed in … Continue reading →

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Andria

Posted on April 16, 2013 by davidseurope

ANDRIA Inland town in Apulia in southeast Italy, WNW of Bari. In 1265 Bertrand des Baux, who belonged to the Provençal family of Les Baux (Del Balzo), accompanied Charles, Count of Anjou and Provence, on the expedition which brought Charles … Continue reading →

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