Cerignola is a town of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Foggia, 40 km southeast from the town of Foggia.

[edit] History

It was a municipium during the Roman Empire and was rebuilt after a great earthquake in 1731, and has a considerable agricultural trade. In 1503 the Spaniards under Gonzalo de Córdoba defeated the French under Louis d'Armagnac (6th Duke of Nemours) below the town, a victory which made the kingdom of Naples into a Spanish province in Italy. Cerignola occupies the site of Furfane, a station on the Via Traiana between Canusium and Herdoniae. It is the native town of philologist Nicola Zingarelli, founder of the Zingarelli Italian dictionary, and syndicalist Giuseppe Di Vittorio.

[edit] Main sights

• The Cathedral
• The chiesa Madre of St. Francis of Assisi (11th century)
• Torre Alemanna
• Church of Beata Vergine del Monte Carmelo (16th century)
• Palazzo Cirillo-Farrusi
• Piano delle Fosse del Grano

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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