Editing Apulia (section)

=== Middle Ages and Renaissance period ===
At the [[Fall of the Western Roman Empire]], Apulia also went through a long period of suffering. [[Heruli]] and [[Ostrogoths]] invaded the territory, but in the end it became the dominion of the [[Eastern Roman Empire]], from the 6th to the 11th century except for a brief partial occupation of the region by the [[Emirate of Bari]]. Bari became the capital of a territory extending up to present-day [[Basilicata]] and subjected to the authority of a [[Catepanate of Italy|Catepanate]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lovelli |first=Giampiero |date=2013-09-11 |title=La Puglia bizantina |url=https://www.imperobizantino.it/la-puglia-bizantina/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Impero Romano d'Oriente 330-1453 la sua storia |language=it-IT}}</ref> With the [[Norman conquest of southern Italy|advent of the Normans]] in the 11th century, Taranto became the capital of the [[Principality of Taranto]], which extended across the entire [[Terra di Otranto]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arrivano i Normanni |url=https://www.sullaviadelsalento.it/la-storia/il-basso-medioevo/arrivano-i-normanni.html |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=www.sullaviadelsalento.it}}</ref>

In 1043 the Normans founded the county of Apulia which in 1059 merged into the vast [[County of Apulia and Calabria]], whose borders progressively extended up to in [[Principality of Salerno]]. From 1130 it became part of the [[Kingdom of Sicily]]. In the 13th century the name Apulia was used by some authors to indicate the southern part of the Italian peninsula. During the Sicilian domination Apulia achieved great material and civil progress, which reached its peak with [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]], who was responsible for the construction of a series of secular and religious buildings, some of high artistic value, including [[Castel del Monte, Apulia|Castel del Monte]], near [[Andria]]. During this period [[Foggia]] became one of his residences. From 1282, following the separation of the island of Sicily from the rest of the south of the peninsula, Apulia was under the rule of the [[Kingdom of Naples]], from that moment the power of the landowners began to take root in the territory.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Puglia - Treccani |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/puglia_(Enciclopedia-dei-ragazzi)/,%20https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/puglia_(Enciclopedia-dei-ragazzi)/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Treccani |language=it}}</ref>