Bisceglie
[key], city, Apulia, S Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. It is a seaport,
resort, and commercial center. Conquered by the Normans in the late 11th
cent., the city later developed a prosperous merchant and military fleet.
The duchy of Bisceglie was (16th cent.) a fief of Alfonso of Aragon, 2d
husband of Lucrezia Borgia, and of their son Rodrigo. There are several
churches of the 11th–12th cent., a fine Apulian Romanesque cathedral
(11th–13th cent.), and ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle.
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