Otranto is a coastal town, port and comune in the province of Lecce, in a fertile region once famous for its breed of horses. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia.
Salento, is a cultural, historical, and geographic region at the southern end of the administrative region of Apulia, in southern Italy. It is a sub-peninsula of the Italian Peninsula, sometimes described as the "heel" of the Italian "boot". It encompasses the entire administrative area of the Province of Lecce, most of the Province of Brindisi, and the south-eastern part of the Province of Taranto.
Nardò is a town and comune in the southern Italian region of Apulia, in the Province of Lecce.
Acquarica del Capo was a town and comune in the province of Lecce, Apulia, south-eastern Italy. In 2019 it was merged with the adjacent Presicce to form Presicce-Acquarica.
Castrignano del Capo is a town and comune in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy. It has three Villages: Santa Maria di Leuca, Giuliano, Salignano.
Gagliano del Capo is an Italian comune situated in the province of Lecce, the southernmost one of Apulia.
Miggiano is an Italian city of 3,702 inhabitants in the province of Lecce in Apulia. Located in the lower Salento, a few kilometres from the Adriatic coast, it lies 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the chief town and 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Santa Maria di Leuca. Formerly considered a town, in 2003 Miggiano was elevated to the status of City.
Tricase is a town and comune in the province of Lecce, part of the Apulia region of south-east Italy. It is located in the Salento traditional region. An important hospital servicing the hinterland is Cardinale Giovanni Panico General Hospital, located in Tricase.
Salve is a town and comune of 4,546 inhabitants of the province of Lecce, in the region of Apulia, south-east Italy.
Ferrovie del Sud Est (FSE) is a railway company in Apulia region, Italy. The company operates in the comuni south of Lecce and in the provinces of Bari, Brindisi and Taranto. The company also operates bus lines. In August 2016 its network was taken over by Ferrovie dello stato due to financial problems at the company. The company is now wholly owned by the Italian Transport Ministry.
Depressa, population 1,541, is a village or small town in the Salento traditional region of south-east Italy. Administratively it counts as a frazione of the comune of Tricase, a municipality of the Province of Lecce, Apulia.
Marittima is a hamlet of the Diso municipality in the province of Lecce.
The Griko people, also known as Grecanici in Calabria, are an ethnic Greek community of Southern Italy. They are found principally in the regions of Calabria and Apulia. The Griko are believed to be remnants of the once large Ancient and Medieval Greek communities of Southern Italy, although there is some dispute among scholars as to whether the Griko community is directly descended from Ancient Greeks, from more recent medieval migrations during the Byzantine period, or a combination of both.
The Terra di Otranto, or Terra d'Otranto, is an historical and geographical region of Apulia, largely corresponding to the Salento peninsula, anciently part of the Kingdom of Sicily and later of the Kingdom of Naples, which became a province of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
Cosimo De Giorgi or Arcangelo Cosimo De Giorgi was an Italian scientist.
The Deer Cave is a natural cave at the Salento coast near the town of Porto Badisco, around 8 km (5.0 mi) south of Otranto in Apulia, Italy. Unknown before 1970, it came to immediate international attention after the discovery of its impressive, innovative and enigmatic complex galleries of prehistoric parietal wall paintings.
Ciolo is a narrow coastal inlet and a site of historical and environmental interest, which is located in the south of Apulia, in the historical region of Salento, Italy. The location is also known as a geological site and for the presence of numerous sea caves, the largest one being the Grotta del Ciolo. Since October 2006 the Ciolo's area has become part of the Regional Park "Costa Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca e Bosco di Tricase", created by the Apulia region to protect the eastern coast of Salento, specifically the architectural assets as well as important animal and plant species.
Montesardo is a frazione (transl. village) in the comune of Alessano in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region, Italy. As of the 2001 census, it has a population of 1,369. It is 59 km (37 mi) from Lecce, just over 10 km (6.2 mi) from Leuca, and 1 km (0.62 mi) from the comune capital of Alessano.
The crypt of the Crucifix is an underground place of worship located in the municipality of Ugento, in the province of Lecce.
Maria Castriota was the daughter of the Albanian nobleman Gjon Kastrioti II, who was the son of Skanderbeg, his wife Jerina Branković. She married Carlo Minutolo and she dedicated her life to art. She also had three siblings, Giorgio Castriota (1540), Costantino Castriota (1477–1500), and Ferdinand Castriota (1561).
