Cerignola, a town of Italy, 22 miles SE. of Foggia by rail, with manufactures of linen, and a trade in almonds and cotton. The Spaniards' decisive victory over the French here in 1503 established Spain's supremacy in Naples. Pop. 22,659.
Cerignola
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 71
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