Barletta
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Barletta is a city in Apulia, in south Italy.
It is famous for the colossus of Barletta, a bronze statue, probably representing Roman Emperor Theodosius II. It was the location of Disfida of Barletta too. In the territory of barletta there is the archeological site of Canne della Battaglia( in latin Cannae), where there was the famous battle between romans and cartaginians with the general Hannibal. The city has one gold medal for military valour and another one for the civil valour, for its resistance to the nazis invasione during the WWII. Its most important people are: the painter Giuseppe De Nittis, the doctor Mariano Santo, and the athlete Pietro Mennea.
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