Cerignola is a town of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Foggia, 26 mi. S.E. by rail from the town of Foggia. Pop. (2004) 57,813. It 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. Apulia (official Italian name: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Otranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. ... Foggia (It. ... Region Apulia Mayor Orazio Ciliberti Area  116 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Density 146. ... Events 10 Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdoms Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in. ... 1503 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, also known simply as Gonzalo de Córdoba (September 1, 1453 – December 2, 1515), was a Spanish general and statesman. ... In the 12th and 13th centuries the lordship of Nemours, in the Gatinais, France, was in possession of the house of Villebeon, a member of which, Gautier was marshal of France in the middle of the 13th century. ... Naples panorama Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region and the Province of Naples. ... View of Canosa Canosa is a town in Apulia, population 30,374, in southern Italy, between Bari and Foggia, located in the Province of Bari. ... Philology is the study of ancient texts and languages. ... Lo Zingarelli is the classic modern Italian dictionary - it is a single language, not an Italian/English dictionary. ... Dictionary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Syndicalism is a political and economic ideology which advocates giving control of both industry and government to labor union federations. ...

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• This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain.