CERIGNOLA, a town of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Foggia, 26m. S.E. by rail from the town of Foggia. Pop. (1921), 36,01 7 (town) ; 38,591 (commune). It was rebuilt after a great earthquake in 1731. It has a considerable agricultural trade and also trade in merino and mattress-wool. In 1503 the Spaniards under Gonzalo de Cordoba defeated the French under the duc de Nemours below the town—a victory which made the kingdom of Naples into a Spanish province in Italy. Cerignola lies on the Via Traiana between Herdoniae and Canusium.