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Gravina in Puglia
Italy, officially the Italian Republic or Repubblica Italiana, is a Southern European country comprising of the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. It is shaped like a boot and for this reason Italians commonly call it lo Stivale, the boot or, due to its prevalent peninsular geographical nature, la Penisola, the Peninsula.
Gravina in Puglia is an Italian municipality of 42,154 inhabitants in the Southern Italian Province of Bari on a river of the same name. Gravina was founded by the Greeks during the colonization of Greater Greece. The Romans who had to move to Brindisi, created the Via Appia which linked Rome to Brindisi, passing through Gravina.
The city was the site of a Norman countship in the Hauteville Kingdom of Sicily and in the later Kingdom of Naples. A famous count of the former was Gilbert, who was sent by his cousin, the Queen regent Margaret of Navarre to the peninsula to combat the Holy Roman Emperor. In the latter period it was the hereditary fief of John, Duke of Durazzo. The Puglian bishopric of Gravina and Montepeloso, suffragan of the Archbishopric of Acerenza and Matera, has since the ninth century Gravina as its episcopal see.
A city known for its historic myths and traditions, scenic beauty, cooperative people and luxurious hotels and cottages, Gravina in Puglia is one of the favorite holiday destinations for most of the vacation lovers.
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