Barletta

Barletta is a city, comune  of Apulia, in south eastern Italy. I-Barletta yi-capoluogo, kunye ne-Andria kunye ne -Trani, yePhondo lase-Barletta-Andria-Trani. Inabemi abamalunga nama-94,700 abemi.

Ummandla wesixeko ngoweValle dell'Ofanto. Umlambo we-Ofanto unqumla emaphandleni kwaye wenze umda phakathi kommandla weBarletta kunye nowaseMargherita di Savoia. Umlomo womlambo ukwindawo yaseBarletta.

Ummandla weBarletta uquka inxalenye yedabi laseCannae. Le yindawo ebaluleke kakhulu yezinto zakudala, ekhunjulwa ngedabi elikhulu ngo-216 BCE phakathi kwamaRoma kunye namaCarthage, awaphumelela nguHannibal. Indawo iye yaqatshelwa njenge-Città d'Arte (isixeko sobugcisa) sase- Apulia kwi-2005 yezakhiwo ezintle. I-Cannae yachuma ngexesha lamaRoma kwaye emva kohlaselo oludambisayo lwaseSaracen, yatshatyalaliswa ngamaNorman emva koko yashiywa ekuqaleni kweXesha Eliphakathi.

IBarletta likhaya leColossus yaseBarletta, umfanekiso wobhedu, omele uMlawuli waseRoma (mhlawumbi uTheodosius II). Lo mfanekiso uqingqiweyo, obizwa ngokuba yi "Eraclio" ngabemi base Barletta, umalunga  ubude, kwaye usengowona mfanekiso mkhulu owasindayo kuBukhosi bamaRoma ongasekhoyo (oko kukuthi uBukhosi baseRoma emva kukaConstantine). Ngokwebali lasekuhlaleni, u-Eraclio wasisindisa isixeko kuhlaselo lwaseSaracen. Ebona iinqanawa zaseSaracen zisondela kunxweme lwaseBarletta, u-Eraclio wabalinda elunxwemeni lolwandle. Apha u-Eraclio wenza ngokungathi uyalila ngoko ke iiSaracens zambuza ukuba kutheni ebuhlungu kwaye u-Eraclio waphendula wathi ulusizi kuba wayengoyena mncinane phakathi kwabemi baseBarletta kwaye ke wonke umntu wahlekisa ngaye. I-Saracens yayicinga ukuba abemi baseBarletta bonke babeziingxilimbela ngoko balushiya unxweme, besoyika ukujongana nabo.

Ngo-1503 iBarletta yayiyindawo ye- disfida di Barletta ("Joust of Barletta"), idabi apho amajoni angama-13 amaTaliyane alawulwa ngu-Ettore Fieramosca acela umngeni kwaye oyisa inani elilinganayo lamajoni amaFrentshi awayengamabanjwa emfazwe ngelo xesha. ijoust ebanjwe kufutshane noAndria.  Esi siqendu sabhalwa ngo-1833 nguMassimo d'Azeglio, owabhala inoveli ethi "Ettore Fieramosca o la Disfida di Barletta". Kule ncwadi umbhali usithatha esi siqendu njengenye yeempawu zokuqala zokuzingca kwelizwe lase-Italiya.

Isixeko ngelo xesha sasirhangqwe ngokukhululekileyo yimikhosi yaseFransi, kwaye sasihlala ngumkhosi waseSpain phantsi komyalelo kaGonzalo de Cordoba 'Gran Capitan'.

I-Barletta inembasa yegolide enye yegorha lasemkhosini kunye nenye yegorha loluntu, ngokuchasa ukuhlasela kwe-Fallschirmjäger yaseJamani eyatshabalalisa izibuko ukunqanda ukuwela kwayo ezandleni zoMkhosi weSibhozo waseBritane owawusiya phambili ngeMfazwe Yehlabathi II.