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Conversano
Conversano is an ancient town and comune in the southern Italian province of Bari, Apulia. It is southeast of Bari and from the Adriatic coast, at above sea level.
The counts of Conversano owned a stud that they used to breed black Neapolitan stallions with Barb and Andalusian genetic backgrounds: these horses had strong ram-like heads, short backs, and broad hocks. One horse born in 1767, Conversano, became one of the principal stallions for establishing the Lipizzan horses (Lipizzaner).