Santa Croce

Lecce is the capital of the easternmost province of Italy. It is located in Puglia, but more specifically in the area called ‘Salento’.

It is proposed as a city rich in resources, just think of the university, theater and music. In particular, however, is a place to have inherited a conscious artistic and architectural heritage without equal.
Simply walking through the downtown streets to find out how the passing of time has been able to mix styles and forms, creating seemingly different environments, giving the eyes of the beholder very special harmony of forms but all have opportunity to seize.
Immediately jumps to my attention that the common denominator, the Baroque.
Specifically, the Baroque Salento is the famous “Lecce stone” with its carvings and its shades drawn churches, houses, the splendor of the town square.

Do not miss:
– Piazza del Duomo
– Via Vittorio Emanuele II
– Piazza Sant’Oronzo
– The Roman Amphitheatre
– The Greek amphitheater
– Holy Cross Church
– Via Palmieri
– The Obelisk
– Porta Napoli
– Palazzo Adorno
– Archaeological Museum
– Church of St. Matthew
– The Castle of Charles V

About Lecce:
The historic Lecce Gregorovius called “Florence of Baroque”.
As we have already stressed, is precisely to characterize the Baroque: portals, steeples, columns and balconies of the Old Town. Lecce stone is indeed a golden stone, hard, yet very malleable, so the processing of that stone has become the symbol of pride but also of population Lecce.
The first step to penetrate straight into town and visit the church of Santa Croce which is located near the town square or Piazza Sant’Oronzo. Square where stands the famous column Sant’Oronzo who watches over the city and especially about the many devotees.
The history of Lecce is very ancient, dating back even before Rome.
The age from which the diverse activities Salento has more wealth since the end of ‘500 ‘700 as the beginning of what will be called the beginning of the Baroque era was born thanks to the work of stonemasons who lace, twisted, embellished, the now famous stone Salento.
Since then, the Salento, with its Baroque style, began to blaze through the character and independent style of local artisans.
Besides a visit to the beautiful moments is also very interesting to the kitchen and the sea of Salento, so beautiful that they can accommodate each year tourists from all over the world. The summer holidays are a wonderful opportunity to visit this place so full of resources.

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the Cathedral

Roman theatre

Carlo V Castel

Photo: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce