After the fall of the Roman Empire, it was conquered by the Goths, then the Byzantines and Lombards, followed by the Saracens and again Byzantium until Robert Guiscard conquered it for the Normans in 1063. From that time onwards, it shared the fortunes of the Kingdom of Sicily, until unification with Italy in 1860. A powerful example of architecture is the Aldo Moro Bridge, with a 1,200 m. span over the Mar Piccolo. Taranto is also a major naval base. Isolated instances are those of Albanian, spoken only in Capitanata and a few parts of the Province of Taranto, and Greek in certain centres south of Leone.
Agriculture is still the most important sector, both in terms of employment and production.
Casamassima is near Bari. John Turturro, whose father was born in Giovinazzo, near Bari. Substantial Apulian communities can be found in Brooklyn, N.Y. as well as in Hoboken, N.J., and in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Mola di Bari . Sito in costruzione . . .