Lecce

Lecce is a small city situated in the south of Italy, in the region of Apulia. It is known for its important Baroque monuments, such as the Holy Cross church in the center of the old town. The Roman Amphitheatre, built in the 2nd century and situated near Sant'Oronzo Square, deserves to be mentioned as well. In its time, the amphitheatre was able to host more than 25,000 people. It is now half-buried because other important monuments were built above it. Lecce is called "La Firenze delle Puglie" (The Florence of Apulia) because of the quantity of important monuments found there. The area near Lecce is called Salento, another important nearby town is Otranto.

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Italy: Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries...

Apulia: Apulia (official Italian name: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Otranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its southern portion known as Salento, a peninsula, forms the heel of the Italian "boot." T...

Baroque: In arts, the Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the style that dominated it. Baroque style used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur from sculpture, painting, literature, and music. The style started around 1600 in Rome, ...

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San Matteo Church Lecce

Church of Sant'Antonio Della Piazza in Lecce (San Giuseppe)