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Lucera is an Italian city of 34,243 inhabitants in the province of Foggia in the region of Apulia, and the seat of the Diocese of Lucera-Troia.
Amphitheatre of Lucera.
Lucera Cathedral was converted into a mosque during the brief Muslim settlement of Lucera.
The Hohenstaufen fortress, Lucera Castle.
The history of Islam in Sicily and southern Italy began with the Arab conquest of Mazara, Sicily in 827. The subsequent rule of Sicily and Malta started in the 10th century. The Emirate of Sicily last
Arabic painting made for the Norman kings (c. 1150) in the Palazzo dei Normanni, originally the emir's palace at Palermo
Roger I of Sicily at the 1063 Battle of Cerami, where he was victorious over 35,000 Saracens according to Goffredo Malaterra.
The capture of Bari led by the Emperor Louis II in 871
The Aurelian Walls halted the Arab raid against Rome in 846