Lecce

Lecce, Region Puglia (Apulia), Italy

Lecce is a small city situated to the south east of Italy, in the peninsula called Salento, and is called the Florence of Apulia because of the quantity of important monuments.

Info

Altitude: 49 mt a.s.l -- Population: ca. 90,000 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 73100 -- Phone Area Code: 0832 -- Patron Saint: Saint Oronzo, San Just, Saint Fortunatus -- Frazioni & Località:

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History

The County of Lecce was a fief of the Kingdom of Sicily from 1053-1463, when it was annexed directly to the crown.

What to see

the Baroque Holy Cross church situated in the center of the old town
The Roman Amphitheatre, built in the 2nd century AD and situated nearby Sant'Oronzo square, which in its time could accomodate over 25,000 people, but now half-buried because other important monuments were built above

The column under the statue of Saint Oronzo (Lecce's patron) was donated to Lecce by the city of Brindisi where Saint Oronzo had healed the population from the plague. The column was one of a pair that marked the end of the Appian Way, the main road connecting Rome to southern Italy.