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Molfetta


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Molfetta

Place Type
political
Description
On Adriatric coast; important port & free city during Middle Ages; sacked by French 1529; economy based on fishing food-processing, boat building & cement manufacturing; noted for 12th-cen. Apulian Duomo Vecchio, a national monument.
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Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)

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