Brindisi (English spelling)

Japanese: ブリンディジ（英語表記）Brindisi

A port city and capital of the Brindisi Province in Puglia, in the eastern tip of southern Italy. It faces the Adriatic Sea and was formerly known as Brentesium in Greek and Brundisium in Latin, and was a port connecting it to Greece. It became a Roman city in 266 BC, and half a century later it became a base for resistance against Hannibal. Around the 2nd century BC, it gained importance as the end point of the Appian Way leading from Rome. After that, the city saw successive changes of rulers, and in 1071 it was occupied by the Normans, who prospered as a departure port for the Crusaders. It later developed with the opening of the Suez Canal. Today, it is mainly a fishing port, and one of the centers of industrialization in southern Italy. Fisheries, canning, and petrochemical industries are carried out here. The city has a monumental column marking the end of the Appian Way, and a cathedral built in the 12th century. Population: 91,778 (estimated 1991).

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Japanese:

イタリア南部東端，プーリア州ブリンディジ県の県都，港湾都市。アドリア海にのぞみ，古くはギリシア語でブレンテシオン，ラテン語でブルンディシウムと呼ばれたギリシアとの連絡港。前 266年にローマの都市となり，半世紀後にはハンニバルに対する抵抗の拠点となった。前2世紀頃ローマから通じるアッピア街道の終点として重要性を増した。その後は支配者の交代が続き，1071年にノルマン人によって占領され，十字軍の出発港として繁栄。その後スエズ運河の開通により発展。現在はおもに漁港で，南イタリアの工業化推進の中心の一つ。水産，缶詰加工，石油化学工業が行われる。市内にアッピア街道の終点を示す記念柱，12世紀創建の大聖堂などがある。人口9万 1778 (1991推計) 。

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