a city of Naples, capital of the province of Capitanata, and situated near the centre of the great plain of Apulia, 80 miles E.N.E. of Naples. The town is well built; and the principal streets, which are wide and clean, contain some handsome houses and good shops. The cathedral, originally a stately Gothic edifice, was destroyed by an earthquake in 1731, and the upper part of it has been rebuilt in a different style, by which its effect is greatly injured. Foggia contains numerous other churches, a governor's palace, theatre, custom-house, and the remains of a palace which, together with a large well, was constructed by Frederick II. It is the seat of the provincial courts, and the centre of all the trade of the province, which, in spite of its ill-chosen and unhealthy situation, give it a more animated appearance than any other city in the kingdom except the capital. The corn magazines (fosse) are very extensive, consisting of vaults lined with masonry, extending under the principal streets and squares. Foggia is a staple market for corn and wool, and the place at which a toll is collected upon the numerous flocks of sheep that descend annually in autumn from the mountains of Abruzzo into the plains of Apulia, to avoid the cold of the high country. It is traversed by roads leading to Naples, Bari, Piscara, Bovino, Manfredonia, &c., and is thus the entrepot of an extensive trade in agricultural and other produce. Pop. about 21,000.