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Oria
Address: Via EpitaffioWebsite: www.comune.oria.br.it
Post Code: 72024
Dialing code: 0831
Population: 15.437
According to Herodotus, Oria was founded when a group of Cretans shipwrecked along the coasts of Salento close to Oria. They decided to start building the city on the highest hill in order to be able to control the entire surrounding area. They gave the city the name of Hyria. During the VIII century BC Oria, that had been a sparsely inhabited area, starts becoming a proper city. As a matter of fact there probably was a concentration of huts on the highest hill of the city, as stated from the Free Amsterdam University. Oria became the political capital of the Messapian confederation and it made contacts both with Messapian centres and Magna Graecia cities. Of particular interest is the connection that it had with the close and powerful Tarentum and even though their relation wasn’t always peaceful there were prosperous cultural and trade exchanges. The rivalry between the Messapian and Tarentum reached its height in 473 BC when the people from Tarentum together with those from Reggio Calabria clashed against the Messapian.
This strong conflict ended up weakening both the Messapian and the people from Tarentum. In 272 BC Tarentum, and shortly after the Messapian, was very much under the influence of Rome, but Oria did not loose its importance. In 88 BC it became a Roman Municipality. Between the VIII and the X century, Oria achieved its greatest cultural splendour. Its prestige and fortune came especially from the fact that it was the native, but also the adoptive city of many erudite Jewish people. Among them there was the most notable and erudite son of Oria: the philosopher and Doctor Shabbetai Donnolo. Thanks to his knowledge and uncommon brilliance, Donnolo prefigured the archiater: a figure typical of the late middle ages.
Ahimaaz ben Paltiel and Shabbatai ben Abraham Donnolo left a remarkable documentation through the safer vosifon, the safer hackhmonì and many other works about the medical, philosophical, legislative and cultural activities of the Oria community. With the Early Middle Ages the ecclesiastical resources are less trustworthy and seem to be the result of a clear distortion of history. During the Greek-Gothic war, Oria was often devastated just like most of southern Italy. Afterwards, the city was a transitional territory for the Byzantines and the Lombards. Close to the city centre there probably was the so-called “Limitone dei Greci” (Greeks’ great wall), a kind of border that used to separate the Byzantine territory from the Lombard territory.
During the IX-X centuries Oria was attacked by the Saracens, who plundered and destroyed the city several times. In 867, Emperor Ludwig II went to Oria to free the city from the Saracens but the attacks did not cease. In 924 the Saracens put the city to the sword and claimed many victims. In XI century Oria witnessed the accession of the Normans and in 1062 was conquered by Humphrey of Hauteville. Frederick II “Puer Apuliae” (the Boy from Apulia) widened the old Norman manor-house that probably used to stand on Byzantine fortifications and perhaps on Messapian fortifications even earlier. The city rose against Manfredi; under the nth siege it was soon freed also thanks to the heroic Tommaso D’Oria. Under the heel of the Angevins, Oria was under a new siege.
In 1433 it was plundered by the leader of mercenaries Giacomo Caldora. It then became property of the Orsini Del Balzo family. At the beginning of 1500 Oria underwent new sieges; famous is the strong fight put up against the Spanish who besieged the city; as the story goes, the city was saved by patron Saint Barsanuphius and the bravery of all citizens. From then on, the city became property of several different families: in 1572 Saint Charles Borromeo made over the city to the Bishop of Cassano, it then became property of the Imperiali family of Genoese origins.
After the XVI century the old city started to decline slowly due to the development of Francavilla Fontana village. In ‘700 thanks to Michele Imperiali some monuments of the city were restored, among them the Manfredi Door. In the second half of ‘800, in spite of the post-unitary propaganda, in Oria there was who opposed the unity: evidences about this matter can be found in the police official records against hostile acts and associations against the State. The records state that outrageous words against the King were said at Luigi Lombardi’s house. There also are other records about alleged subversive meetings held by Oria citizens and people from the surrounding towns.
On 21 September 1897 a strong storm devastated the city damaging most of its ancient monuments. During the World Wars Oria made its contribution to the Nation, as a matter of fact, many were the people from Oria who died while fighting.
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Ahimaaz ben Paltiel and Shabbatai ben Abraham Donnolo left a remarkable documentation through the safer vosifon, the safer hackhmonì and many other works about the medical, philosophical, legislative and cultural activities of the Oria community. With the Early Middle Ages the ecclesiastical resources are less trustworthy and seem to be the result of a clear distortion of history. During the Greek-Gothic war, Oria was often devastated just like most of southern Italy. Afterwards, the city was a transitional territory for the Byzantines and the Lombards. Close to the city centre there probably was the so-called “Limitone dei Greci” (Greeks’ great wall), a kind of border that used to separate the Byzantine territory from the Lombard territory.
During the IX-X centuries Oria was attacked by the Saracens, who plundered and destroyed the city several times. In 867, Emperor Ludwig II went to Oria to free the city from the Saracens but the attacks did not cease. In 924 the Saracens put the city to the sword and claimed many victims. In XI century Oria witnessed the accession of the Normans and in 1062 was conquered by Humphrey of Hauteville. Frederick II “Puer Apuliae” (the Boy from Apulia) widened the old Norman manor-house that probably used to stand on Byzantine fortifications and perhaps on Messapian fortifications even earlier. The city rose against Manfredi; under the nth siege it was soon freed also thanks to the heroic Tommaso D’Oria. Under the heel of the Angevins, Oria was under a new siege.
In 1433 it was plundered by the leader of mercenaries Giacomo Caldora. It then became property of the Orsini Del Balzo family. At the beginning of 1500 Oria underwent new sieges; famous is the strong fight put up against the Spanish who besieged the city; as the story goes, the city was saved by patron Saint Barsanuphius and the bravery of all citizens. From then on, the city became property of several different families: in 1572 Saint Charles Borromeo made over the city to the Bishop of Cassano, it then became property of the Imperiali family of Genoese origins.
After the XVI century the old city started to decline slowly due to the development of Francavilla Fontana village. In ‘700 thanks to Michele Imperiali some monuments of the city were restored, among them the Manfredi Door. In the second half of ‘800, in spite of the post-unitary propaganda, in Oria there was who opposed the unity: evidences about this matter can be found in the police official records against hostile acts and associations against the State. The records state that outrageous words against the King were said at Luigi Lombardi’s house. There also are other records about alleged subversive meetings held by Oria citizens and people from the surrounding towns.
On 21 September 1897 a strong storm devastated the city damaging most of its ancient monuments. During the World Wars Oria made its contribution to the Nation, as a matter of fact, many were the people from Oria who died while fighting.
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This strong conflict ended up weakening both the Messapian and the people from Tarentum. In 272 BC Tarentum, and shortly after the Messapian, was very much under the influence of Rome, but Oria did not loose its importance. In 88 BC it became a Roman Municipality. Between the VIII and the X century, Oria achieved its greatest cultural splendour. Its prestige and fortune came especially from the fact that it was the native, but also the adoptive city of many erudite Jewish people. Among them there was the most notable and erudite son of Oria: the philosopher and Doctor Shabbetai Donnolo. Thanks to his knowledge and uncommon brilliance, Donnolo prefigured the archiater: a figure typical of the late middle ages.
Ahimaaz ben Paltiel and Shabbatai ben Abraham Donnolo left a remarkable documentation through the safer vosifon, the safer hackhmonì and many other works about the medical, philosophical, legislative and cultural activities of the Oria community. With the Early Middle Ages the ecclesiastical resources are less trustworthy and seem to be the result of a clear distortion of history. During the Greek-Gothic war, Oria was often devastated just like most of southern Italy. Afterwards, the city was a transitional territory for the Byzantines and the Lombards. Close to the city centre there probably was the so-called “Limitone dei Greci” (Greeks’ great wall), a kind of border that used to separate the Byzantine territory from the Lombard territory.
During the IX-X centuries Oria was attacked by the Saracens, who plundered and destroyed the city several times. In 867, Emperor Ludwig II went to Oria to free the city from the Saracens but the attacks did not cease. In 924 the Saracens put the city to the sword and claimed many victims. In XI century Oria witnessed the accession of the Normans and in 1062 was conquered by Humphrey of Hauteville. Frederick II “Puer Apuliae” (the Boy from Apulia) widened the old Norman manor-house that probably used to stand on Byzantine fortifications and perhaps on Messapian fortifications even earlier. The city rose against Manfredi; under the nth siege it was soon freed also thanks to the heroic Tommaso D’Oria. Under the heel of the Angevins, Oria was under a new siege.
In 1433 it was plundered by the leader of mercenaries Giacomo Caldora. It then became property of the Orsini Del Balzo family. At the beginning of 1500 Oria underwent new sieges; famous is the strong fight put up against the Spanish who besieged the city; as the story goes, the city was saved by patron Saint Barsanuphius and the bravery of all citizens. From then on, the city became property of several different families: in 1572 Saint Charles Borromeo made over the city to the Bishop of Cassano, it then became property of the Imperiali family of Genoese origins.
After the XVI century the old city started to decline slowly due to the development of Francavilla Fontana village. In ‘700 thanks to Michele Imperiali some monuments of the city were restored, among them the Manfredi Door. In the second half of ‘800, in spite of the post-unitary propaganda, in Oria there was who opposed the unity: evidences about this matter can be found in the police official records against hostile acts and associations against the State. The records state that outrageous words against the King were said at Luigi Lombardi’s house. There also are other records about alleged subversive meetings held by Oria citizens and people from the surrounding towns.
On 21 September 1897 a strong storm devastated the city damaging most of its ancient monuments. During the World Wars Oria made its contribution to the Nation, as a matter of fact, many were the people from Oria who died while fighting.
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Ahimaaz ben Paltiel and Shabbatai ben Abraham Donnolo left a remarkable documentation through the safer vosifon, the safer hackhmonì and many other works about the medical, philosophical, legislative and cultural activities of the Oria community. With the Early Middle Ages the ecclesiastical resources are less trustworthy and seem to be the result of a clear distortion of history. During the Greek-Gothic war, Oria was often devastated just like most of southern Italy. Afterwards, the city was a transitional territory for the Byzantines and the Lombards. Close to the city centre there probably was the so-called “Limitone dei Greci” (Greeks’ great wall), a kind of border that used to separate the Byzantine territory from the Lombard territory.
During the IX-X centuries Oria was attacked by the Saracens, who plundered and destroyed the city several times. In 867, Emperor Ludwig II went to Oria to free the city from the Saracens but the attacks did not cease. In 924 the Saracens put the city to the sword and claimed many victims. In XI century Oria witnessed the accession of the Normans and in 1062 was conquered by Humphrey of Hauteville. Frederick II “Puer Apuliae” (the Boy from Apulia) widened the old Norman manor-house that probably used to stand on Byzantine fortifications and perhaps on Messapian fortifications even earlier. The city rose against Manfredi; under the nth siege it was soon freed also thanks to the heroic Tommaso D’Oria. Under the heel of the Angevins, Oria was under a new siege.
In 1433 it was plundered by the leader of mercenaries Giacomo Caldora. It then became property of the Orsini Del Balzo family. At the beginning of 1500 Oria underwent new sieges; famous is the strong fight put up against the Spanish who besieged the city; as the story goes, the city was saved by patron Saint Barsanuphius and the bravery of all citizens. From then on, the city became property of several different families: in 1572 Saint Charles Borromeo made over the city to the Bishop of Cassano, it then became property of the Imperiali family of Genoese origins.
After the XVI century the old city started to decline slowly due to the development of Francavilla Fontana village. In ‘700 thanks to Michele Imperiali some monuments of the city were restored, among them the Manfredi Door. In the second half of ‘800, in spite of the post-unitary propaganda, in Oria there was who opposed the unity: evidences about this matter can be found in the police official records against hostile acts and associations against the State. The records state that outrageous words against the King were said at Luigi Lombardi’s house. There also are other records about alleged subversive meetings held by Oria citizens and people from the surrounding towns.
On 21 September 1897 a strong storm devastated the city damaging most of its ancient monuments. During the World Wars Oria made its contribution to the Nation, as a matter of fact, many were the people from Oria who died while fighting.
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