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Barletta Italia

title: THE DISFIDA OF BARLETTA

subject date: 2004-05-27

caption: BARLETTA two children at the foot of the monument in memory of the famous dispute for reasons of honor between 13 Italian knights in Spanish pay and 13 French knights, which went down in history as the Challenge of Barletta. ''To the 13 glorious athletes of national honor...''. On 13 February 1503 the two formations lined up between Barletta, Quadrata and Andria. The Italian knights were: Ettore Fieramosca from Capua, Giovanni Capaccio with Giovanni Brancaleone and Ettore Giovenale from Rome, Marco Carellario from Naples, Mariano from Sarni, Romanello from Forlì, Ludovico Aminale from Terni, Francesco Salamone and Guglielmo Albimonte, Sicilians, Miale from Troia , Riccio from Parma and Fanfulla from Lodi. The challenge, fought fiercely by both sides, ended with a resounding Italian victory. The names of the heroes are engraved on the bronze plaque designed by Edoardo Leone and executed by the sculptor Ernesto Biondi (1854 - 1917) in the fourth centenary, moved on 13/2/1930 to Piazza della Sfida, on the stone temple designed by Arturo Boccassini. Photography by Ando Gilardi (1921 - 2012) #andogilardi. Barletta (BA) 1956.

category: HIS

city: Barletta

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: Italia

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

instructions: Per utilizzi: Fototeca Gilardi - t. 02 3931 2652

Creation date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

object name: 53385

priority: 0

multiplying price: 1.00

pricing: default

continent: Europa

image century : XX

image epoch: Anni Cinquanta

licence: RM

subject century: XVI

subject epoch: Rinascimento

technique: Fotografia

id: 27592

file name: FSNgilardi_53385.jpg

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