Tursi: the Rabatana

There are many important factors which make the town of Tursi an exceptional case in the pattern of human settlements in Basilicata: to begin with, it was the Capital of Leukanía, the third Byzantine thema of the Catepanate of Italy; then, it acquired a certain Islamic character due to the highest p...

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Main Author: Cosimo Damiano Fonseca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2004-02-01
Series:Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage
Online Access:http://conservation-science.unibo.it/article/view/585