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**Trani** is a seaport city in the Apulia region of southern Italy. It is on the Adriatic Sea. Its main industries are wine-making, fishing, and mining. The number of people living in Trani in 2011 was 53,940.
## History of Trani
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The old name of Trani was '''** or **Tirenum**. An old myth says that Tirenus built the city. Tirenus was the son of Diomedes, a hero in ancient Greece who fought in the Trojan War. The city was on an ancient Roman map called the **'. It was the first map to show this city. The map was made in the 3rd century. At first, Trani was a very small city and not very important. It started to grow and be more important in the 9th century. At that time, the Lombards (a Germanic people) ruled Trani. Later, the Byzantine Empire ruled the city.

After Frederick II died in 1250, there was trouble in Trani. In the next 300 years, there were wars between the Angevins, Aragon and Venice over who should rule Trani. The city became poorer and less important.  Trani was almost destroyed during the French Revolutionary Wars at the end of the 18th century. Many people in the town were against the French Revolution. In March 1799, they rioted and killed many members of the city's most important families. When the French army saw this, they attacked the city on April 1, 1799. The army killed many people and burned Trani's buildings. Over 1000 people died in the riots and the French attack.

Trani began to grow again in the middle of the 19th century. It grew even more in the 20th century. By 2011, 53,940 people lived in the city.

## Industries
Today, the main industries in Trani are wine-making, fishing, and mining. Trani is famous for a sweet wine called '**.  The grapes for this wine are grown in the Trani countryside. Fruit and olives for making olive oil are other important crops for Trani. There are mines for bauxite just outside the city. There are also quarries for a special kind of rock called **' (Trani stone). Trani has special factories for cutting this stone. Many buildings in Trani and in southern Italy are made from this stone. Trani stone was used to build the ports in Malta and Egypt. Trani also has some small factories for making clothes and shoes.

## Important buildings
*. This big castle was built in 1233 by Frederick II, a Holy Roman Emperor. Frederick's son, Manfred, King of Sicily, married Princess Helena Doukaina in this castle. 
*Cathedral of Trani. This beautiful Romanesque style cathedral is dedicated to Nicholas the Pilgrim, a saint from Greece who died in Trani in 1094. He is the patron saint of Trani.
*Palazzo Caccetta. This palace was built in 1456 by Simone Caccetta, a very rich man from Trani. It is built in the Gothic style. People from Venice used this palace in the early 1500s. At that time, Venice ruled Trani.   
*Scolanova Synagogue. This medieval synagogue was changed into a church in 1380. At that time, the Jews in Trani were sent away or made to become Christians. In 2006, it became a synagogue again.

File:Castello lato orientale.jpg|Castello Svevo  
File:Trani Cathedral BW 2016-10-14 15-44-23.jpg|Cathedral of Trani
File:Trani Palazzo Caccetta.jpg|Palazzo Caccetta 
File:Scolanova Synagogue.jpg|Scolanova Synagogue

## Famous people from Trani
*Giovanni Bovio (1837 – 1903), philosopher
*Luigi Chiarelli (1880 – 1947), playwright
*Domenico Sarro (1679 – 1744), composer

## References
**Sources**
*Bode, Charles (1974). *Wines of Italy*. Courier Dover Publications
*Facaros, Dana and Pauls, Michael (2004). *Italy*. New Holland Publishers
*Facility Project (Funded by the European Union). "Apulia Region Market Analysis" 
*Kleinhenz, Christopher (2004). "Trani", *Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia*, Volume 2. Routledge
*Licinio, Raffaele (1994). ''Castelli medievali: Puglia e Basilicata, dai Normanni a Federico II e Carlo I D'Angiò*. Edizioni Dedalo. 
*Zivotofsky, Ari and Greenspan, Ari (28 August 2006). "Jewish again in Trani". *The Jerusalem Post''

## Other websites 
*Official website of the City of Trani