Gnatia
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Gnatia, Egnatia or Ignatia () was an ancient city of the Messapii, and their frontier town towards the Salentini. As Egnazia Appula, it was a medieval bishopric, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Gnatia
- Ancient site.image
- Image:PICT0504.JPG
- Ancient site.caption
- View of Gnatia and acropolis behind
- Ancient site.map_type
- Italy
- Ancient site.location
- Fasano, Province of Brindisi, Apulia, Italy
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.designation1_free1name
- Region
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.child
- yes
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Part_of
- Via Appia. Regina Viarum
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 1708-019
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Year
- 2024
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Criteria
- Cultural: iii, iv, vi
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.egnazia.eu
- Image
- Egnazia from the sky.jpg
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- Egnazia
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- Egnazia
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- History
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- Ecclesiastical history
- Titular see
- See also
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Gnatia, Egnatia or Ignatia () was an ancient city of the Messapii, and their frontier town towards the Salentini. As Egnazia Appula, it was a medieval bishopric, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
It is located near the modern Fasano, in Salento, the southern part of Puglia (Apulia) region in southern Italy.
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