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Encyclopedia Britannica



MOLFETTA

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 661 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MIC-MOL
MOLFETTA , a seaport and episcopal see of Apulia,
Italy
 , in the province of Bari, from which it is 16 m. N.N.W. by
rail
 . Pop. (1901), 42,363. The old
cathedral
  of S.
Conrad
  is a Romanesque structure. The old town is surrounded by walls, and has medieval houses; the new town is more spacious, and is an active seaport. The origin of Molfetta is uncertain, though there was a neolithic
settlement
  here. The town was given by Charles V. to the duke of Termoli in 1522, and during his lordship it was sacked by the
French
  under Lautrec. In 1631 Cesare
Gonzaga
  took the
title
  of duke of Guastalia and prince of Molfetta; but in 164o the
fief
  was sold to the Spinola family, and in 1798 incorporated with the royal domain. The bishopric is directly subject to the papal see.


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