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Altamura

Altamura is a town and comune of Apulia, in southern Italy. It is located on one of the hills of the Murge plateau in the Metropolitan City of Bari, 45 kilometres southwest of Bari, close to the border with Basilicata. As of 2017, it has a population to 70,595.

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Appears in 5 diary entries.

August 12 1944
Posted to Benevento to single-handedly take over security duties, Lewis finds a city devastated by an air raid and living in prolonged, near-universal mourning.
- War & violence
- Poverty & hunger
August 18 1944
Lewis settles into a stripped-down, damaged hotel in Benevento, comically failing to avoid the pasta he'd meant to forgo in favor of rations.
- Naples's character
- Personal reflection
September 16 1944
A section colleague is shot and wounded by a bandit disguised as an American officer, forcing Lewis to weigh his own role in the anti-bandit effort.
- War & violence
- Crime & banditry
September 25 1944
A reunion with an old colleague who has become almost entirely assimilated into Southern Italian life prompts reflection on how deeply the region changes people.
- Naples's character
- Personal reflection
October 6 1944
Back in Naples, Lewis finds the section overworked, understaffed, and increasingly worn down by illness after months of dispersal. He reflects that the strange fascination of the intelligence work itself — a kind of legalised eavesdropping on humanity — is what keeps him working dangerously long hours despite the toll.

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