Bisceglie

Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Bisceglie
img_coa = Bisceglie-Stemma.png img_coa_small =

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image_caption =
region = RegioneIT|sigla=PUG
province = ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=BA (BA)
mayor = Francesco Carlo Spina
mayor_party =
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 16
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 = 68.48
population_footnotes =
population_as_of = 2007-05-31
population_total = 53956
pop_density_footnotes =
population_density_km2 = 753
coordinates = coord|41|14|35|N|16|30|19|E|region:IT_type:city(53956)
gentilic = Biscegliesi
telephone = 080
postalcode = 70052
frazioni =
saint = Sts. Mauro, Sergio and Pantaleo [Source for patrons:http://www.comuni-italiani.it/072/009/index.html]
day = First Monday in August
mapx = #expr:41 + 14 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:16 + 30 / 60.0
locator_position =
native_name = Bisceglie
name = Bisceglie
website = http://www.comune.bisceglie.ba.it/

Bisceglie is a town on the Adriatic Sea, with a population of c. 53,700, in Apulia ("Italian": Puglia) region, in the province of Bari.

According to a theory, in Roman times there would be here a settlement called "Vigiliae" (Sentinel). The modern city was founded by the Normans in the 11th century and englarged under the Aragonese dynasty of Naples in the the 15th century.

Main sights

*Church of "Santa Margherita", in Romanesque-Apulian style (12th century)
*Norman castle and tower
*Abbey of S. Adoeno (11th century)
*Cathedral (13th century)
*Grotte di Santa Croce
*4 dolmens

Neighbouring communes

Corato, Molfetta, Ruvo di Puglia, Terlizzi, Trani.

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