abruzzo adriatic sea albania albanian language altamura ancient rome andria aosta valley apulian vase painting arab area bari barletta basilicata battle of bitonto battle of cannae bisceglie bitonto boot brindisi calabria campania cerignola communist refoundation party democratic party emilia-romagna foggia friuli-venezia giulia geographic coordinate system goths gravina in puglia greece greek language greeks gulf of taranto hannibal history of islam in southern italy illyrians ionian sea italian language italy kingdom of naples kingdom of sicily lazio lecce liguria lombards lombardy manfred of sicily manfredonia marche molfetta molise monte gargano murgia neapolitan language nichi vendola norman architecture ostuni otranto ottoman empire palermo piedmont piri reis pisa politics of apulia population population density portugal province of bari province of barletta-andria-trani province of brindisi province of foggia province of lecce province of taranto provinces of italy punic wars ranked lists of italian regions regions of italy republic of venice robert guiscard romanization salento san severo santa maria al bagno sardinia second punic war sele river sicilian language sicily silvio berlusconi strabo tarantino language taranto taras tavoliere delle puglie toe trani tremiti islands trullo tuscany umbria veneto