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Encyclopedia > Lucera
Comune di Lucera
Coat of arms of Comune di Lucera
Municipal coat of arms
Country Italy Italy
Region Puglia
Province Foggia (FO)
Mayor
Elevation 250 m
Area 338 km²
Population
 - Total (as of 2005) 34,911
 - Density 103/km²
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 41°30′N 15°20′E
Gentilic Lucerini
Dialing code 0881
Postal code 71036
Frazioni Regente, San Giusto
Patron Santa Maria
 - Day August 15

Location of Lucera in Italy
Website: www.comune.lucera.fg.it

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Coordinates: 41°30′N 15°20′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

The Cathedral of Lucera.
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The Cathedral of Lucera.

Lucera is a town and episcopal see in the Province of Foggia, in the Puglia region of Italy. Image File history File links Lucera0002. ... Image File history File links Lucera0002. ... Foggia (It. ... Apulia is a region of Italy (called Puglia in Italian), bordering on Molise to the north-west, Campania to the south-west, Basilicata to the south, the Adriatic Sea to the east and the Ionian Sea to the south-east. ...

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History

For the ecclesiastical history, see Bishopric of Lucera–Troia

Lucera is a very ancient city which originally belonged to Daunia, the ancient centre of the Dauni and was later a faithful allied of Rome. The Roman army, in an attempt to the rescue the city besieged by the Samnites, were defeated at the Battle of the Caudine Forks near Lucera in 294. In 320 B.C. it was taken by the Romans, a Roman colony by the Latin name of Luceria being established there in 314. During the civil war between the triumviri Julius Caesar and Pompey it was an important point of defence for the latter. The Roman Catholic bishopric of Lucera-Troia has its episcopal see in Lucera (southern Italy). ... The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ... Samnite warriors Samnium (Oscan Safinim) was a region of the southern Apennines in Italy that was home to the Samnites, a group of Sabellic tribes that controlled the area from about 600 BC to about 290 BC. Samnium was delimited by Latium in the north, by Lucania in the south... Combatants Roman Republic Samnium Commanders Titus Veturius Calvinus Spurius Postumius Albinus Gaius Pontius Strength Unknown Unknown Casualties Insignificant Insignificant {{{notes}}} The Battle of Caudine Forks, 321 BC, was a decisive battle of the Samnite Wars. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... The term triumvirate (Latin for rule by three men) or troika in Russian, is commonly used to describe an alliance between three equally powerful political or military leaders. ... Gāius Jūlius Caesar (IPA: ;[1]), July 12 or July 13, 100 BC – March 15, 44 BC) was a Roman military and political leader and one of the most influential men in world history. ... Marble bust of Pompey the Great Pompey, Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir [1] (Classical Latin: CN·POMPEIVS·CN·F·SEX·N·MAGNVS[2], Gnaeus or Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus) (September 29, 106 BC – September 29, 48 BC), was a distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman republic. ...


In A.D. 663 it was captured from the Lombards and destroyed by the Western Roman Emperor Constantius II. The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, whence the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe that entered the late Roman Empire. ... Constantius II coin, celebrating the 15th year of reign. ...


Muslims had lived since the 9th century in Sicily, Lucera and the surrounding region. In the 13th century Lucera was called Lucaera Saracenorum because it represented the last stronghold of Islamic presence in Italy. had begun forced deportation of Muslim minorities, but he left Lucera intact. Lucera at one point had more than 20,000 mainly Muslim inhabitants. Official records are vague on the fate of this large and well-received Muslim colony. The entire population was apparently destroyed in the summer of year 1300, and its population was either converted to Christianity, deported to the Middle East or sold into slavery.


Lucera attained great importance when the Staufian Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, acting as King Frederick II [strictly speaking I] of Sicily, transferred thither from around year 1220 'Saracens' of Sicily whom he had shortly before subjugated, and who from enemies became his most faithful and trusted supporters in his wars against the popes and the great barons of the Kingdom of Naples. Frederick II (December 26, 1194 – December 13, 1250), Holy Roman Emperor of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212, unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 until his death in 1250. ...


The royal treasury was also located at Lucera. During the invasion of Charles of Anjou Lucera made the longest resistance. The remaining Saracens were converted en masse in 1300; their mosque was destroyed by Charles II, and upon its ruins arose the present cathedral, S. Maria della Vittoria. Charles I (March 1227 - January 7, 1285) was the posthumous son of King Louis VIII of France, created Count of Anjou by his elder brother King Louis IX in 1246, thus founding the second Angevin dynasty. ...

Hohenstaufen castle.
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Hohenstaufen castle.

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Main sights

It hosts several important monuments from different ages:

  • the Roman Amphitheater
  • the medieval Castle
  • the Church of S. Francesco
  • the Cathedral, built in year 1300 on the grounds of the last standing mosque in Italy, destroyed the same year.

See also

  • Bishopric of Lucera–Troia

The Roman Catholic bishopric of Lucera-Troia has its episcopal see in Lucera (southern Italy). ...

Sources and references

  • This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia. [1]
  • Aalulbayt Library, An Introduction to the Spread of Islam
  • University of Michigan-Dearborn, UM-Dearborn professor publishes history of Muslim community in medieval Italy (press release), 20 November 2003
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Lucera (443 words)
Lucera is a very ancient city in the province of Foggia in Apulia, Southern Italy.
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