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MONTE SANT' ANGELO, a town of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Foggia, 10 m. N. of Manfredonia by road, 2765 ft. above sea-level, on the southern slopes of Monte Gargano. Pop. (19o1), 17,369 (town); 21,997 (commune). It has a castle and a famous ' This has been demonstrated by O. Richter, Ober antike Steinmetzzeichen (Berlin, 1885), pp. 43-51. sanctuary of S. Michele, founded in 491 over a cave in which the archangel is said to have appeared to S. Laurentius, arch- bishop
Constantinople , bear the date ro76. The octagonal campanile dates
Maggiore is noteworthy. The Tomba di Rotari is a domed building of the Norman period. To the north lies the highest point of the Monte Gargano (346o ft.). Strabo speaks of an oracle of Calchas on the top of the mountain
spring at Podalirius at the bottom, 12 M. from the sea.See S. Beltramelli, Il Gargano (Bergamo, 1907). End of Article: MONTE If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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