Venosa
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Venosa is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, in the Vulture area. It is bounded by the comuni of Barile, Ginestra, Lavello, Maschito, Montemilo
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Funerary inscription from the 1st century AD, relating to the burial of a couple of freedmen
The Aragonese Castle.
The Church of SS. Trinità.
Robert Guiscard
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Robert Guiscard, also referred to as Robert de Hauteville, was a Norman adventurer remembered for his conquest of southern Italy and Sicily in the 11th century.
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…into the hands of the Knights of Saint John in the time of Boniface VIII (1295–1303). In the central aisle is the tomb of Alberada, the first wife of Robert Guiscard and mother of Bohemund. An inscription on the wall commemorates the great Norman brothers William Iron Arm, Drogo, Humfrey and Robert Guiscard. The…
Coin of Robert Guiscard bearing his portrait
Robert Guiscard and Sikelgaita welcoming Constantine the African to court
The surrender of Palermo by the Muslims, Giuseppe Patania, Palazzo dei Normanni
Statue of Robert Guiscard, 1700–1749, Lorenzo Ottoni.