Ascoli Satriano

Ascoli Satriano

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Ascoli_Satriano-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Ascoli Satriano
name=Ascoli Satriano|mapx=41.214|mapy=15.561
region = Puglia
province = Foggia (FG)
elevation_m = 376
area_total_km2 = 334
population_as_of = December 31, 2004
population_total = 6359
population_density_km2 = 19
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|41|12|56|N|15|33|28|E
frazioni =San Carlo
telephone = 0885
postalcode = 71022
gentilic = Ascolani
saint = San Potito
day = January 14
mayor =
website = [http://www.comune.foggia.it/ www.comune.foggia.it]

Ascoli Satriano is a town and "comune "in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.

History

Ascoli (known as "Asculum") was a city of the Dauni. It was the seat of two early Roman battles (see Battle of Asculum)(1). Later Sulla build a military colony here.

In the mid-9th century it was set on fire by the Saracens. In 1040 it rebelled against the Byzantines and, the following year, in the nearby was fought a decisive battle which granted the Normans the rule over southern Italy.

Main sights

*The Romanesque-Gothic Cathedral (12th century)
*Church of St. John the Baptist (12th century)
*Church of the "Incoronata" (15th century)

Americans of Ascoli Satriano

Louis (Luigi)Merola,North Providence (RHODE ISLAND-USA)

Gerardo Ciarambino,professor Qeensboorg Community College

Biagio Ciotto "Billy" for Americans served as a state senator from Connecticut from 1995 to 2007.

Bibliography

*(1) Information about this war can be found in Plutarch's "Lives" ("Pyrrus" 2 1), Polybius, Dionysius of Halicarnassus (XX 1--3), and Livy.

For more information

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascoli_Satriano

External links

A late roman Villa at Faragola (Ascoli Satriano), ITALY
* http://www.archeologia.unifg.it/ric/scavi/farEng.asp
* http://ascoli.altervista.org/index.php?ind=gallery&op=foto_show&ida=9


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