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Torremaggiore is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. It includes Dragonara, the epicopal see of a former medieval residential diocese and present Latin Catholic titular bishopric. It lies on a hill, over the sea, and is famous for production of wine and olives. == History == The history of Torremaggiore is strictly connected to that of the burg of Fiorentino (also Castel Fiorentino), a Byzantine frontier stronghold founded by the catepan Basil Boioannes in 1018. Later a Norman, Hohenstaufen, Angevine and finally Aragonese possession, it is especially remembered as the death place of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II (December 13, 1250). Five years later the burg was attacked by Pope Alexander IV's troops, and the inhabitants fled to a nearby Benedictine abbey. Later they were allowed to found a new settlement, called ''Codacchio'', later, when other refugees from Dragonara arrived, christened ''Terra Maioris'' ("Major Land"), the modern Torremaggiore. This burg was later a fief of the counts of Sangro. It was destroyed by an earthquake on July 30, 1627. On March 17, 1862 a platoon of royal troops was defeated by the brigands of Carmine Crocco; 21 soldiers were killed, even their captain Francesco Richard. From August 25, 1925 Torremaggiore was connected to the nearby San Severo by a tramway, the first in southern Italy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Torremaggiore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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