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Brindisi - Via Appia
Brindisi - Museo Archeologico Ribezzo
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Brindisi - San Giovanni al Sepolcro
Brindisi - San Giovanni al Sepolcro
Brindisi - San Giovanni al Sepolcro
Brindisi - San Giovanni al Sepolcro
Brindisi - San Giovanni al Sepolcro
Brindisi - San Giovanni al Sepolcro
Brindisi - San Giovanni al Sepolcro
Brindisi - San Giovanni al Sepolcro
Brindisi - San Giovanni al Sepolcro
Brindisi - San Giovanni al Sepolcro
Brindisi - San Giovanni al Sepolcro
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Brindisi - Chiesa di San Paolo eremita
Brindisi - Chiesa di San Paolo eremita
Brindisi - Chiesa di San Paolo eremita
Brindisi - Chiesa di San Benedetto
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Brindisi - Via Appia


Settlers, who did trade with Greece, lived here already during the Bronze Age. After the Punic Wars it became a major center of Roman naval power and maritime trade. After the decline of the Roman Empire Brindisi was conquered by Ostrogoths, and reconquered by the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century. In 674 it was destroyed by the Lombards led by Romuald I of Benevento, It was rebuilt and within the 9th century. It was under Saracen rule from 836 to 868, when it was retaken by the Byantines. In 1070, it was conquered by the Normans, led by Robert Guiskard.
Brindisi flourished under the Staufer and developed into a privileged port for the Holy Land during the period of Crusades. It was an Episcopal See and a new cathedral was constructed, in which the wedding of Norman Prince Roger III of Sicily and Irene Angelina, daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos took place. Emperor Frederick II and Isabella of Brienne embarked from the port of Brindisi in 1228 for the Sixth Crusade.
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The Via Appia (Appian Way) is one of the earliest and strategically important Roman roads of the ancient republic. It connected Rome to Brindisi and ended right here. The Via Appia developed into one of the most important trade routes in the Roman Empire. It was named "Regina Viarum" (Queen of the Streets). The distance to Rome is about 540kms and could be covered in 12 days.
Once two large columns marked the end of the Via Appia at the harbour of "Brundisium", the Latin name of Brindisi. One column is still "in situ", seen here is the top part of it.
Brindisi flourished under the Staufer and developed into a privileged port for the Holy Land during the period of Crusades. It was an Episcopal See and a new cathedral was constructed, in which the wedding of Norman Prince Roger III of Sicily and Irene Angelina, daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos took place. Emperor Frederick II and Isabella of Brienne embarked from the port of Brindisi in 1228 for the Sixth Crusade.
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The Via Appia (Appian Way) is one of the earliest and strategically important Roman roads of the ancient republic. It connected Rome to Brindisi and ended right here. The Via Appia developed into one of the most important trade routes in the Roman Empire. It was named "Regina Viarum" (Queen of the Streets). The distance to Rome is about 540kms and could be covered in 12 days.
Once two large columns marked the end of the Via Appia at the harbour of "Brundisium", the Latin name of Brindisi. One column is still "in situ", seen here is the top part of it.
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