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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geography-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Geography subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Sport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transportation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transportation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Transportation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Transportation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-People" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#People"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>People</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-People-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Twin_towns_–_sister_cities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Twin towns – sister cities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Twin_towns_–_sister_cities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" 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title="Lecce – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%A7%C3%A7e" title="Leççe – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Leççe" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DA%86%D9%87" title="لچه – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="لچه" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%8D" title="Лечэ – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Лечэ" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%87%D1%8D" title="Леччэ – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Леччэ" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5" title="Лече – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Лече" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce_(munisipyo)" title="Lecce (munisipyo) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Lecce (munisipyo)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%AD%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B5" title="Λέτσε – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λέτσε" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DA%86%D9%87" title="لچه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لچه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A0%88%EC%B2%B4" title="레체 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="레체" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%A5%D5%B9%D5%A5" title="Լեչե – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լեչե" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%87%D0%B5" title="Лечче – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Лечче" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xh mw-list-item"><a href="https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Xhosa" lang="xh" hreflang="xh" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="IsiXhosa" data-language-local-name="Xhosa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiXhosa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%A6%27%D7%94" title="לצ'ה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לצ'ה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A9%E1%83%94" title="ლეჩე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ლეჩე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%87%D0%B5" title="Лечче – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Лечче" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupiae" title="Lupiae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Lupiae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C4%8De" title="Leče – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Leče" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C4%8D%C4%97" title="Lečė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Lečė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" 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title="Лечче – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Лечче" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87" title="लेत्चे – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="लेत्चे" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecci" title="Lecci – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Lecci" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Lecce" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecce" title="Lecce – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Lecce" 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Lecce</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="it"><i>Lècce</i> (<a href="/wiki/Salentino_dialect" title="Salentino dialect">Salentino dialect</a>)<br /> <i>Luppìu</i> (<a href="/wiki/Griko" class="mw-redirect" title="Griko">Griko</a>) <sup id="cite_ref-L'Italia_dialettale,_1976_250_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L'Italia_dialettale,_1976_250-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it"><a href="/wiki/Comune" title="Comune">Comune</a></i></span></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Comune di Lecce</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Collage_Lecce.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Clockwise from top left: Church of Santa Croce; Roman Theatre; the cathedral's bell tower; Lecce Cathedral ("Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta"); and Porta Napoli, in Viale Università"><img alt="Clockwise from top left: Church of Santa Croce; Roman Theatre; the cathedral's bell tower; Lecce Cathedral ("Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta"); and Porta Napoli, in Viale Università" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Collage_Lecce.jpg/250px-Collage_Lecce.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Collage_Lecce.jpg/375px-Collage_Lecce.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Collage_Lecce.jpg/500px-Collage_Lecce.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5120" data-file-height="3840" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><b>Clockwise from top left</b>: Church of Santa Croce; Roman Theatre; the cathedral's bell tower; Lecce Cathedral ("<i>Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta</i>"); and Porta Napoli, in <i>Viale Università</i></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data 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class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Italy_Apulia_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lecce is located in Apulia"><img alt="Lecce is located in Apulia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Italy_Apulia_location_map.svg/250px-Italy_Apulia_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="230" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Italy_Apulia_location_map.svg/500px-Italy_Apulia_location_map.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="939" data-file-height="863" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:74.756%;left:87.361%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lecce"><img alt="Lecce" 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.geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lecce&params=40_21_N_18_10_E_region:IT_type:city(94783)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°21′N</span> <span class="longitude">18°10′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.350°N 18.167°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.350; 18.167</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Italy" title="Regions of Italy">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Apulia" title="Apulia">Apulia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Italy" title="Provinces of Italy">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Province_of_Lecce" title="Province of Lecce">Lecce</a> (LE)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">200s BC<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Adriana_Poli_Bortone" title="Adriana Poli Bortone">Adriana Poli Bortone</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v18_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v18-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">238 km<sup>2</sup> (92 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">49 m (161 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(01-1-2023)<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v18_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v18-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">94,783</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">400/km<sup>2</sup> (1,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Leccese</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">73100</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_dialling_codes_in_Italy" title="List of dialling codes in Italy">Dialing code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0832</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Patron saint</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Orontius_of_Lecce" title="Orontius of Lecce">Orontius</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comune.lecce.it/">www<wbr />.comune<wbr />.lecce<wbr />.it</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Puglia_Lecce1_tango7174.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Puglia_Lecce1_tango7174.jpg/330px-Puglia_Lecce1_tango7174.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Puglia_Lecce1_tango7174.jpg/500px-Puglia_Lecce1_tango7174.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Puglia_Lecce1_tango7174.jpg/960px-Puglia_Lecce1_tango7174.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><i>Piazza del Duomo</i></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%22Ber%C3%BChmt_ist_Lecce_f%C3%BCr_seine_Barockbauwerke%22._19.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/%22Ber%C3%BChmt_ist_Lecce_f%C3%BCr_seine_Barockbauwerke%22._19.jpg/260px-%22Ber%C3%BChmt_ist_Lecce_f%C3%BCr_seine_Barockbauwerke%22._19.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/%22Ber%C3%BChmt_ist_Lecce_f%C3%BCr_seine_Barockbauwerke%22._19.jpg/390px-%22Ber%C3%BChmt_ist_Lecce_f%C3%BCr_seine_Barockbauwerke%22._19.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/%22Ber%C3%BChmt_ist_Lecce_f%C3%BCr_seine_Barockbauwerke%22._19.jpg/520px-%22Ber%C3%BChmt_ist_Lecce_f%C3%BCr_seine_Barockbauwerke%22._19.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5906" data-file-height="3052" /></a><figcaption>The Roman amphitheatre</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colonna_di_Sant%27Oronzo_(Lecce)_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Colonna_di_Sant%27Oronzo_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg/170px-Colonna_di_Sant%27Oronzo_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Colonna_di_Sant%27Oronzo_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg/255px-Colonna_di_Sant%27Oronzo_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Colonna_di_Sant%27Oronzo_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg/340px-Colonna_di_Sant%27Oronzo_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2733" data-file-height="4099" /></a><figcaption>Column of St Oronzo</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Lecce</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="/tʃ/: 'ch' in 'China'">tʃ</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span></span>/</a></span></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Italian:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="it-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Italian" title="Help:IPA/Italian">[ˈlettʃe]</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/c\/c1\/It-Lecce.ogg\/It-Lecce.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"It-Lecce.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c1/It-Lecce.ogg/It-Lecce.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:It-Lecce.ogg" title="File:It-Lecce.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Lang 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a city in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Italy" title="Southern Italy">southern Italy</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Capital_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (political)">capital</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Lecce" title="Province of Lecce">province of Lecce</a>. It is on the <a href="/wiki/Salento" title="Salento">Salentine Peninsula</a>, at the heel of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Peninsula">Italian Peninsula</a>, and is over two thousand years old. </p><p>Because of its rich <a href="/wiki/Baroque_architecture" title="Baroque architecture">Baroque architecture</a>, Lecce is nicknamed "The <a href="/wiki/Florence" title="Florence">Florence</a> of the South".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Lecce stone"—a particular kind of <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—is one of the city's main exports, because it is very soft and workable, and thus suitable for sculptures. Lecce is also an important <a href="/wiki/Agricultural" class="mw-redirect" title="Agricultural">agricultural</a> centre, chiefly for its <a href="/wiki/Olive_oil" title="Olive oil">olive oil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wine" title="Wine">wine</a> production, as well as an industrial centre specializing in <a href="/wiki/Ceramic" title="Ceramic">ceramics</a>. </p><p>Lecce is home to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Salento" title="University of Salento">University of Salento</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lecce&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to legend, a city called <i>Sybar</i> existed at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Trojan_War" title="Trojan War">Trojan War</a>, founded by the <a href="/wiki/Messapii" class="mw-redirect" title="Messapii">Messapii</a>. It was conquered by the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Romans</a> in the 3rd century BC, receiving the new name of <i>Lupiae</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under the emperor <a href="/wiki/Hadrian" title="Hadrian">Hadrian</a> (2nd century AD) the city was moved 3 kilometres (2 miles) to the northeast, taking the name of Licea or Litium. Lecce had a theater and an amphitheater and was connected to the Hadrian Port (the current <a href="/w/index.php?title=San_Cataldo,_Lecce&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="San Cataldo, Lecce (page does not exist)">San Cataldo</a>). <a href="/wiki/Orontius_of_Lecce" title="Orontius of Lecce">Orontius of Lecce</a>, locally called Sant'Oronzo, is considered to have served as the city's first Christian bishop and is Lecce's patron saint.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire" title="Western Roman Empire">Western Roman Empire</a>, Lecce was sacked by the <a href="/wiki/Ostrogoth" class="mw-redirect" title="Ostrogoth">Ostrogoth</a> king <a href="/wiki/Totila" title="Totila">Totila</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Gothic_Wars_(6th_century)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gothic Wars (6th century)">Gothic Wars</a>. It was restored to Roman rule in 549, and remained part of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Roman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Roman Empire">Eastern Empire</a> for five centuries, with brief conquests by <a href="/wiki/Saracen" title="Saracen">Saracens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lombards" title="Lombards">Lombards</a>. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Italo-Normans" title="Italo-Normans">Norman</a> conquest in the 11th century, Lecce regained commercial and political importance (count <a href="/wiki/Tancred_of_Lecce" class="mw-redirect" title="Tancred of Lecce">Tancred of Lecce</a> was the last Norman King of Sicily), flourishing in the subsequent <a href="/wiki/Hohenstaufen" title="Hohenstaufen">Hohenstaufen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Capetian_House_of_Anjou" title="Capetian House of Anjou">Angevine</a> rule. The <a href="/wiki/County_of_Lecce" title="County of Lecce">County of Lecce</a> was one of the largest and most important fiefs in the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sicily" title="Kingdom of Sicily">Kingdom of Sicily</a> from 1053 to 1463, when it was annexed directly to the crown. From the 15th century, Lecce was one of the most important cities of southern Italy, and, starting in 1630, it was enriched with precious Baroque monuments. To avert invasion by the Ottomans, a new line of walls and a castle were built by <a href="/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles V</a> (who was also <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperor</a>), in the first part of the 16th century. </p><p>In 1656, a <a href="/wiki/Plague_(disease)" title="Plague (disease)">plague</a> broke out in the city, killing a thousand inhabitants. </p><p>In 1943, <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter aircraft</a> based in Lecce helped support isolated Italian <a href="/wiki/Garrisons" class="mw-redirect" title="Garrisons">garrisons</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War 2</a>. Because they were delayed by the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allies</a>, they couldn't prevent a defeat. In 1944 and 1945, <a href="/wiki/B-24_long-range_bombers" class="mw-redirect" title="B-24 long-range bombers">B-24 long-range bombers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/98th_Heavy_Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="98th Heavy Bomber Group">98th Heavy Bomber Group</a> attached to the <a href="/wiki/15th_U.S._Army_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="15th U.S. Army Air Force">15th U.S. Army Air Force</a> were based in Lecce, from where the crews flew missions over Italy, the Balkans, Austria, Germany and France.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lecce&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:30em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding:0 0.5em"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1861</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">15,594</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1871</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">23,301</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+49.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1881</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">25,441</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">32,029</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+25.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">34,958</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+9.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">39,556</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+13.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1931</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">44,368</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+12.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1936</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">49,261</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+11.0%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">63,831</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+29.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">75,297</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+18.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">83,050</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+10.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">91,289</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">100,884</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+10.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">83,303</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−17.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">89,916</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+7.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2021</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">94,783</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.4%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Statistics_(Italy)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Institute of Statistics (Italy)">ISTAT</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Main_sights">Main sights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lecce&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Main sights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Churches_and_religious_buildings">Churches and religious buildings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lecce&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Churches and religious buildings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Basilica_di_Santa_Croce_(Lecce)" class="mw-redirect" title="Basilica di Santa Croce (Lecce)">Church of the Holy Cross</a></b>: construction of the <i>Chiesa di Santa Croce</i>) was begun in 1353, but work halted until 1549, and it was completed only by 1695. The church has a richly decorated façade with animals, grotesque figures and vegetables, and a large rose window. Next to the church is the Government Palace, a former convent.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lecce_Cathedral" title="Lecce Cathedral">Lecce Cathedral</a></b>: the church was originally built in 1144, rebuilt in 1230, then totally restored in the 1659–70 by <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Zimbalo" title="Giuseppe Zimbalo">Giuseppe Zimbalo</a>, who also built the five storey 70-metre (230 ft) high bell tower, with an octagonal <a href="/wiki/Loggia" title="Loggia">loggia</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_San_Niccol%C3%B2_and_Cataldo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Church of San Niccolò and Cataldo (page does not exist)">San Niccolò and Cataldo</a></b>: the church is an example of Italo-Norman architecture. It was founded by <a href="/wiki/Tancred_of_Sicily" class="mw-redirect" title="Tancred of Sicily">Tancred of Sicily</a> in 1180. In 1716 the façade was rebuilt, with the addition of numerous statues, but maintaining the original <a href="/wiki/Romanesque_architecture" title="Romanesque architecture">Romanesque</a> portal. The walls were frescoed during the 15th-17th centuries.</li> <li><b>Celestine Convent</b>: built (1549–1695) in <a href="/wiki/Baroque_architecture" title="Baroque architecture">Baroque</a>-style by <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Zimbalo" title="Giuseppe Zimbalo">Giuseppe Zimbalo</a>. The courtyard was designed by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gabriele_Riccardi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gabriele Riccardi (page does not exist)">Gabriele Riccardi</a>.</li> <li><b>Santa Irene</b>: this church was commissioned in 1591 by the <a href="/wiki/Theatines" title="Theatines">Theatines</a> and dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Irene_of_Thessalonica" class="mw-redirect" title="Irene of Thessalonica">Saint Irene</a>. The architect was <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Grimaldi_(architect)" title="Francesco Grimaldi (architect)">Francesco Grimaldi</a>). It has a large façade showing different styles in the upper and lower parts. Above the portal stands a statue of <i>Ste Irene</i> (1717) by Mauro Manieri. The interior is on the Latin cross plan and is rather sober. The main altarpiece is a copy of the <i>St <a href="/wiki/Michael_the_Archangel" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael the Archangel">Michael the Archangel</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Guido_Reni" title="Guido Reni">Guido Reni</a>. The high altar has a <i>Transport of the Holy Ark</i> by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Oronzo_Tiso&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oronzo Tiso (page does not exist)">Oronzo Tiso</a>. In the right transept is one of the largest altars in Lecce, dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Cajetan" title="Saint Cajetan">Saint Cajetan</a> (1651). Nearby is the <a href="/wiki/Rococo" title="Rococo">Rococo</a> altar of Saint <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Avellino" title="Andrew Avellino">Andrew Avellino</a>. Also from the mid-17th century is the <i>Altar of St Orontius</i> by <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Antonio_Zimbalo" title="Francesco Antonio Zimbalo">Francesco Antonio Zimbalo</a>, followed by the altar of Saint Irene with a canvas by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Giuseppe_Verrio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Giuseppe Verrio (page does not exist)">Giuseppe Verrio</a> (1639), nine busts of saints housing relics and a large statue of the saint. The altar of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Stephen" title="Saint Stephen">Saint Stephen</a> has the <i>Stoning of St. Stephen</i> by Verrio.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>San Matteo</b>: this church was built in 1667. It has a typical central Italy Baroque style. It has two columns on the façade, only one of which is decorated, though only partially. According to a local legend, the jealous devil killed the sculptor before he could finish the work.</li> <li><b>Santa Maria degli Angeli</b></li> <li><b>Santa Chiara</b>: this church was built in 1429–1438, rebuilt in 1687.</li> <li><b>San Francesco della Scarpa</b>: known as the "church without façade" as the latter has been demolished in the 19th century restorations. The most ancient section dates likely to the 13th-14th centuries; the interior is on the Greek Cross plan. Notable are several Baroque altars and a large statue of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Saint Joseph</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_buildings">Other buildings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lecce&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other buildings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Column of statue of St Oronzo</b>: (Lecce's patron) was given to Lecce by the city of <a href="/wiki/Brindisi" title="Brindisi">Brindisi</a>, because Saint Oronzo was reputed to have cured the plague in Brindisi. The column was one of a pair that marked the end of the <a href="/wiki/Appian_Way" title="Appian Way">Appian Way</a>, the main road between <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> and southern Italy.</li> <li><b>Torre del Parco</b> ("Park Tower"): is one of the medieval symbols of Lecce. It was erected in 1419 by the then-18 year old <a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Antonio_Del_Balzo_Orsini" class="mw-redirect" title="Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini">Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini</a>, prince of Lecce. The tower, standing at more than 23 metres (75 ft), is surrounded by a ditch in which bears (the heraldic symbol of the Orsini del Balzo) were reared. The whole complex was the seat of Orsini's tribunal and of a mint, and after Giovanni Antonio's death, it became a residence for the Spanish viceroys.</li> <li><b>Palazzo Sedile</b>: was built in 1592 and was used by the local council until 1852.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Castle_of_Charles_V" title="Castle of Charles V">Castle of Charles V</a></b>: built in 1539–49 by Gian Giacomo dell'Acaja. It has a trapezoidal plan with angular bastions. It is attached to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Teatro_Politeama_Greco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Teatro Politeama Greco (page does not exist)">Politeama Greco</a> Opera House, inaugurated on 15 November 1884.</li> <li><b>Triumphal Arch</b> (<i>Arco di Trionfo</i>, commonly called <i>Porta Napoli</i>, "Neapolitan Gate"), which is one of the three gates to enter Lecce's historical city centre, erected in 1548 in honor of Charles V. It replaced an older gate, <i>Porta S. Giusto</i>, which, according to tradition, lay over the tomb of the namesake saint. Also built over pre-existing medieval gates are the current <i>Porta San Biagio</i> ("St. Blaise Gate") and the <i>Porta Rudiae</i> which are the other two gates to Lecce's Historical city centre. Both are in Baroque style, the latter having the statue of St. Oronzo on the top and mythological figures on the sides.</li> <li><b>Palazzo dei Celestini</b>: now seat of the Province of Lecce. It was built in 1659–95 and designed by <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Zimbalo" title="Giuseppe Zimbalo">Giuseppe Zimbalo</a>.</li> <li><b>The city's obelisk</b>: erected in 1822 in honour of <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_I_of_the_Two_Sicilies" title="Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies">Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies</a>.</li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Piazza_Sant%27Oronzo_(Lecce).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Piazza Sant'Oronzo"><img alt="Piazza Sant'Oronzo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Piazza_Sant%27Oronzo_%28Lecce%29.jpg/120px-Piazza_Sant%27Oronzo_%28Lecce%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Piazza_Sant%27Oronzo_%28Lecce%29.jpg/180px-Piazza_Sant%27Oronzo_%28Lecce%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Piazza_Sant%27Oronzo_%28Lecce%29.jpg/240px-Piazza_Sant%27Oronzo_%28Lecce%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4332" data-file-height="2814" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Piazza Sant'Oronzo</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Piazza_Duomo_(Lecce)_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Piazza del Duomo"><img alt="Piazza del Duomo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Piazza_Duomo_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg/120px-Piazza_Duomo_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Piazza_Duomo_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg/180px-Piazza_Duomo_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Piazza_Duomo_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg/240px-Piazza_Duomo_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3867" data-file-height="2204" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Piazza del Duomo</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%22Eine_Perle_des_Barocks%22_-_Santa_Croce_in_Lecce._02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Basilica di Santa Croce"><img alt="Basilica di Santa Croce" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/%22Eine_Perle_des_Barocks%22_-_Santa_Croce_in_Lecce._02.jpg/102px-%22Eine_Perle_des_Barocks%22_-_Santa_Croce_in_Lecce._02.jpg" decoding="async" width="102" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/%22Eine_Perle_des_Barocks%22_-_Santa_Croce_in_Lecce._02.jpg/153px-%22Eine_Perle_des_Barocks%22_-_Santa_Croce_in_Lecce._02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/%22Eine_Perle_des_Barocks%22_-_Santa_Croce_in_Lecce._02.jpg/203px-%22Eine_Perle_des_Barocks%22_-_Santa_Croce_in_Lecce._02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3438" data-file-height="4055" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Basilica" title="Basilica">Basilica</a> di Santa Croce</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Puglia_Lecce5_tango7174.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Church of San Giovanni Battista"><img alt="Church of San Giovanni Battista" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Puglia_Lecce5_tango7174.jpg/100px-Puglia_Lecce5_tango7174.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Puglia_Lecce5_tango7174.jpg/150px-Puglia_Lecce5_tango7174.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Puglia_Lecce5_tango7174.jpg/200px-Puglia_Lecce5_tango7174.jpg 2x" data-file-width="667" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Church of <i>San Giovanni Battista</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Palazzo_dei_Celestini_(Lecce)_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Palazzo dei Celestini"><img alt="Palazzo dei Celestini" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Palazzo_dei_Celestini_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg/120px-Palazzo_dei_Celestini_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Palazzo_dei_Celestini_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg/180px-Palazzo_dei_Celestini_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Palazzo_dei_Celestini_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg/240px-Palazzo_dei_Celestini_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3464" data-file-height="2190" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Palazzo dei Celestini</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Teatro_Romano_(Lecce).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Roman Theatre (2nd century AD)"><img alt="Roman Theatre (2nd century AD)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Teatro_Romano_%28Lecce%29.jpg/120px-Teatro_Romano_%28Lecce%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Teatro_Romano_%28Lecce%29.jpg/180px-Teatro_Romano_%28Lecce%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Teatro_Romano_%28Lecce%29.jpg/240px-Teatro_Romano_%28Lecce%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Roman Theatre (2nd century AD)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TORRE_DEL_PARCO_-_LECCE_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Torre del Parco"><img alt="Torre del Parco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/TORRE_DEL_PARCO_-_LECCE_2.jpg/120px-TORRE_DEL_PARCO_-_LECCE_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="86" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/TORRE_DEL_PARCO_-_LECCE_2.jpg/250px-TORRE_DEL_PARCO_-_LECCE_2.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3288" data-file-height="4560" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Torre del Parco</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arco_di_Prato_(Lecce).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Arco di Prato"><img alt="Arco di Prato" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Arco_di_Prato_%28Lecce%29.jpg/120px-Arco_di_Prato_%28Lecce%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Arco_di_Prato_%28Lecce%29.jpg/180px-Arco_di_Prato_%28Lecce%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Arco_di_Prato_%28Lecce%29.jpg/240px-Arco_di_Prato_%28Lecce%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Arco di Prato</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%22Ber%C3%BChmt_ist_Lecce_f%C3%BCr_seine_Barockbauwerke%22._01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Triumphal Arch"><img alt="Triumphal Arch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/%22Ber%C3%BChmt_ist_Lecce_f%C3%BCr_seine_Barockbauwerke%22._01.jpg/120px-%22Ber%C3%BChmt_ist_Lecce_f%C3%BCr_seine_Barockbauwerke%22._01.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/%22Ber%C3%BChmt_ist_Lecce_f%C3%BCr_seine_Barockbauwerke%22._01.jpg/250px-%22Ber%C3%BChmt_ist_Lecce_f%C3%BCr_seine_Barockbauwerke%22._01.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="5906" data-file-height="3929" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Triumphal_arch" title="Triumphal arch">Triumphal Arch</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Porta_Rudiae_(Lecce)_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Porta Rudiae"><img alt="Porta Rudiae" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Porta_Rudiae_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg/120px-Porta_Rudiae_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Porta_Rudiae_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg/180px-Porta_Rudiae_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Porta_Rudiae_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg/240px-Porta_Rudiae_%28Lecce%29_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4785" data-file-height="3266" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Porta Rudiae</i></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gardens_and_parks">Gardens and parks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lecce&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gardens and parks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Orto_Botanico_di_Lecce" class="mw-redirect" title="Orto Botanico di Lecce">Orto Botanico di Lecce</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Botanical_garden" title="Botanical garden">botanical garden</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archaeology">Archaeology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lecce&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Archaeology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The Roman 2nd century <a href="/wiki/Amphitheatre" title="Amphitheatre">amphitheatre</a>, situated near Sant'Oronzo Square, was able to seat more than 25,000 people. It is now half-buried because other monuments were built above it over the centuries. The theatre is currently used for various religious and arts events.</li> <li>The archaeological museum <i>Sigismondo Castromediano</i>.</li> <li>The archaeological museum <i>Faggiano</i>.</li> <li>The archaeological park of <a href="/wiki/Rudiae" title="Rudiae">Rudiae</a>, three kilometres south-west of the city but within its limits. The place was identified as the former home of the poet <a href="/wiki/Ennius" title="Ennius">Ennius</a> by <a href="/wiki/Antonio_de_Ferraris" title="Antonio de Ferraris">Antonio de Ferraris</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Renaissance_Humanist" class="mw-redirect" title="Renaissance Humanist">Renaissance Humanist</a> who was from the region.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was once the more important city until Roman times and has an amphitheatre of its own, a <a href="/wiki/Necropolis" title="Necropolis">necropolis</a> and remains of substantial walls. The Porta Rudiae, built on the road leading from this site, is named after it.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lecce&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lecce&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lecce experiences a <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">Mediterranean climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Csa</i>). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Lecce (1981–2010) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br />(86.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.6<br />(96.1) </td> <td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">44.0<br />(111.2) </td> <td style="background: #D70000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">44.4<br />(111.9) </td> <td style="background: #EF0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.6<br />(108.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF0600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.6<br />(105.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.2<br />(93.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(80.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(70.5) </td> <td style="background: #D70000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">44.4<br />(111.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.1<br />(55.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(56.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br />(60.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br />(66.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br />(85.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.3<br />(90.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br />(90.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br />(81.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1<br />(57.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(47.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6<br />(51.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.5<br />(65.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8104; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.7<br />(72.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.5<br />(77.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.1<br />(55.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">16.3<br />(61.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br />(38.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.0<br />(60.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br />(60.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3<br />(46.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2<br />(41.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12.0<br />(10.4) </td> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.6<br />(21.9) </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.6<br />(23.7) </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.8<br />(28.8) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br />(37.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br />(45.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br />(51.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1<br />(34.0) </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.8<br />(27.0) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.4<br />(22.3) </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−12.0<br />(10.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #A5FFA5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.3<br />(2.37) </td> <td style="background: #9AFF9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.3<br />(2.41) </td> <td style="background: #A2FFA2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.4<br />(2.46) </td> <td style="background: #B8FFB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.5<br />(1.79) </td> <td style="background: #D5FFD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(1.09) </td> <td style="background: #DFFFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(0.80) </td> <td style="background: #E6FFE6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.2<br />(0.64) </td> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br />(1.42) </td> <td style="background: #ABFFAB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.3<br />(2.14) </td> <td style="background: #77FF77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.0<br />(3.58) </td> <td style="background: #6CFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.1<br />(3.74) </td> <td style="background: #98FF98; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.9<br />(2.71) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">639<br />(25.15) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9 </td> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9 </td> <td style="background: #AFAFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2 </td> <td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4 </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0 </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9 </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2 </td> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8 </td> <td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3 </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8 </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8 </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">66.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000D2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000DC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000E3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000E7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000F5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69.2 </td> <td style="background: #0101FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66.3 </td> <td style="background: #0505FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000FE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000E9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000CD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">73.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFF6ED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8<br />(42.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6EE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7<br />(42.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.5<br />(54.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.5<br />(59.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.4<br />(63.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.8<br />(65.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(52.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.9<br />(53.4) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale<sup id="cite_ref-ISPRA_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISPRA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/NCEI" class="mw-redirect" title="NCEI">NCEI</a>(Precipitation days-Humidity-Dew Point 1991–2020),<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><a href="/wiki/World_Meteorological_Organization" title="World Meteorological Organization">World Meteorological Organization</a> (precipitation)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>altervista (extremes)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lecce&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Via_del_mare-curva_nord.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Via_del_mare-curva_nord.jpg/200px-Via_del_mare-curva_nord.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Via_del_mare-curva_nord.jpg/300px-Via_del_mare-curva_nord.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Via_del_mare-curva_nord.jpg/400px-Via_del_mare-curva_nord.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/US_Lecce" title="US Lecce">US Lecce</a> crowd at the <a href="/wiki/Stadio_Via_del_Mare" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadio Via del Mare">Stadio Via del Mare</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Lecce is home to <a href="/wiki/Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a> football club <a href="/wiki/U.S._Lecce" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Lecce">U.S. Lecce</a>, founded in 1908. Since 1966, they have played at the 33,786-seater <a href="/wiki/Stadio_Via_del_Mare" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadio Via del Mare">Stadio Via del Mare</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lecce&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lecce is served by <a href="/wiki/Lecce_railway_station" title="Lecce railway station">Lecce railway station</a>. The local public transport includes <a href="/wiki/Trolleybuses_in_Lecce" title="Trolleybuses in Lecce">trolleybus service</a>, introduced in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-trolleymotion_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trolleymotion-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tm302_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm302-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="People">People</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lecce&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: People"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:San_Filippo_Smaldone.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/San_Filippo_Smaldone.jpg/250px-San_Filippo_Smaldone.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/San_Filippo_Smaldone.jpg/330px-San_Filippo_Smaldone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/San_Filippo_Smaldone.jpg/500px-San_Filippo_Smaldone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Statue of Lecce-born saint <a href="/wiki/Filippo_Smaldone" title="Filippo Smaldone">Filippo Smaldone</a> in the city's cathedral</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Amantea" title="Antonio Amantea">Antonio Amantea</a> (1894–1983), World War I fighter ace</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scipione_Ammirato" title="Scipione Ammirato">Scipione Ammirato</a> (1531–1601), historian and philosopher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Ayroldi" title="Giuseppe Ayroldi">Giuseppe Ayroldi</a> (1895 – 1962), represented Lecce in the Constituent Assembly</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_de_Balmes" title="Abraham de Balmes">Abraham de Balmes</a> (c. 1450–1523), <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> <a href="/wiki/Physician" title="Physician">physician</a> and <a href="/wiki/Translator" class="mw-redirect" title="Translator">translator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmelo_Bene" title="Carmelo Bene">Carmelo Bene</a> (1937–2002), actor, film director and screenwriter</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vittorio_Bodini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vittorio Bodini (page does not exist)">Vittorio Bodini</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Bodini" class="extiw" title="it:Vittorio Bodini">it</a>]</span> (1914–1970), poet and translator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massimo_Bray" title="Massimo Bray">Massimo Bray</a> (born 1959), intellectual, academic publisher and politician, former director of the <i>Italian Encyclopaedia of Science, Letters, and Arts</i> (<a href="/wiki/Enciclopedia_Treccani" class="mw-redirect" title="Enciclopedia Treccani">Enciclopedia Treccani</a>), who served in the government of Italy as Minister of Culture</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlo_Capasa" title="Carlo Capasa">Carlo Capasa</a> (born 1958), president of <a href="/wiki/Camera_Nazionale_della_Moda_Italiana" title="Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana">Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ennio_Capasa" title="Ennio Capasa">Ennio Capasa</a> (born 1960), fashion designer, creator of the Italian fashion house <a href="/wiki/CoSTUME_NATIONAL" class="mw-redirect" title="CoSTUME NATIONAL">CoSTUME NATIONAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franco_Causio" title="Franco Causio">Franco Causio</a> (born 1949), retired footballer, <a href="/wiki/1982_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1982 FIFA World Cup">1982 FIFA World Cup</a> winner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Conte" title="Antonio Conte">Antonio Conte</a> (born 1969), retired footballer, former manager of <a href="/wiki/Juventus_FC" title="Juventus FC">Juventus FC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea F.C</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur F.C.</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italian football team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Danieli" title="Francesco Danieli">Francesco Danieli</a> (born 1981), historian and iconologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cosimo_De_Giorgi" title="Cosimo De Giorgi">Cosimo De Giorgi</a> (1842–1922), scientist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ennio_De_Giorgi" title="Ennio De Giorgi">Ennio De Giorgi</a> (1928–1996), mathematician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloe_Elmo" title="Cloe Elmo">Cloe Elmo</a> (1910–1962), opera singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quintus_Ennius" class="mw-redirect" title="Quintus Ennius">Quintus Ennius</a> (c. 239–169 BC), Roman writer and poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vito_Fazzi" title="Vito Fazzi">Vito Fazzi</a> (1851–1918), physician and hospital founder</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Lezzi" title="Barbara Lezzi">Barbara Lezzi</a> (born 1972), politician, who served in the government of Italy as Minister for the South</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marco_Materazzi" title="Marco Materazzi">Marco Materazzi</a> (born 1973), retired footballer, <a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2006 FIFA World Cup">2006 FIFA World Cup</a> winner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriele_Poso" title="Gabriele Poso">Gabriele Poso</a> (born 1978), independent artist, musician and composer</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michelangelo_Schipa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michelangelo Schipa (page does not exist)">Michelangelo Schipa</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo_Schipa" class="extiw" title="it:Michelangelo Schipa">it</a>]</span> (1854–1939), writer, historian and scholar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tito_Schipa" title="Tito Schipa">Tito Schipa</a> (1888–1965), tenor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filippo_Smaldone" title="Filippo Smaldone">Filippo Smaldone</a> (1848–1923), Catholic priest and saint</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Verrio" title="Antonio Verrio">Antonio Verrio</a> (c. 1636–1707), painter in England</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lecce&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Twin towns – sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Italy" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy">List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy</a></div> <p>Lecce is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/40px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/60px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Murcia" title="Murcia">Murcia</a>, Spain, since 2004</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia"><img alt="North Macedonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Skopje" title="Skopje">Skopje</a>, North Macedonia, since 2005</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland"><img alt="Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ostr%C3%B3w_Wielkopolski" title="Ostrów Wielkopolski">Ostrów Wielkopolski</a>, Poland, since 2006</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/40px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/60px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Valladolid" title="Valladolid">Valladolid</a>, Spain, since 2009</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Amasya" title="Amasya">Amasya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lecce&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Lecce" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lecce">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lecce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punta_San_Cataldo_di_Lecce_Lighthouse" title="Punta San Cataldo di Lecce Lighthouse">Punta San Cataldo di Lecce Lighthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brindisi_Airport" title="Brindisi Airport">Brindisi Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Brindisi" title="Port of Brindisi">Port of Brindisi</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lecce&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Salentino" class="mw-redirect" title="Salentino">Salentino</a>: <i lang="scn">Lècce</i>; <a href="/wiki/Griko" class="mw-redirect" title="Griko">Griko</a>: <i lang="el-Latn">Luppìu</i>; <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Lupiae</i>; <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Λουπίαι</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ancient_Greek" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Ancient Greek">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Ancient Greek-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">Loupíai</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lecce&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-L'Italia_dialettale,_1976_250-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-L'Italia_dialettale,_1976_250_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFL'Italia_dialettale1976" class="citation book cs1">L'Italia dialettale (1976). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=TwtdAAAAMAAJ&q=ellenofona+Melpignano+Ver-+nole%2C+Lecce"><i>L'Italia dialettale, Volume 39</i></a>. Arti Grafiche Pacini Mariotti. p. 250. <q>Dialetto romanzi, in centric he circondano, senza allontanarsene troppo, l'area ellenofona, cioè Melpignano (dove il dialetto griko non è ancor del tutto morto), Vernole, Lecce, S. Cesario di Lecce, Squinzano, San Pietro vernotico, Cellino S. Marco, Manduria, Francavilla Fontana, Maruggio: può essere perciò legittimo pensare ad un'origine grika del verbo in questione, con estensione successiva al dialetti romani. Il neogreco presenta una serie di voci che si prestano semanticamente e foneticamente</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=L%27Italia+dialettale%2C+Volume+39&rft.pages=250&rft.pub=Arti+Grafiche+Pacini+Mariotti&rft.date=1976&rft.au=L%27Italia+dialettale&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DTwtdAAAAMAAJ%26q%3Dellenofona%2BMelpignano%2BVer-%2Bnole%252C%2BLecce&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALecce" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The date given is for the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a> named city Lupiae; dates for previous inhabitants such as the <a href="/wiki/Messapians" title="Messapians">Messapians</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iapyges" class="mw-redirect" title="Iapyges">Iapyges</a> are lost to history.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v18-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v18_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.istat.it/it/archivio/156224">"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011"</a>. Italian National Institute of Statistics<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 March</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Superficie+di+Comuni+Province+e+Regioni+italiane+al+9+ottobre+2011&rft.pub=Italian+National+Institute+of+Statistics&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.istat.it%2Fit%2Farchivio%2F156224&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALecce" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v18-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v18_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://demo.istat.it/pop2018/index3.html">"Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018"</a>. Italian National Institute of Statistics<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 March</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Popolazione+Residente+al+1%C2%B0+Gennaio+2018&rft.pub=Italian+National+Institute+of+Statistics&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdemo.istat.it%2Fpop2018%2Findex3.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALecce" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Lecce">"Lecce"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Merriam-Webster" title="Merriam-Webster">Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary</a></i>. Merriam-Webster<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Merriam-Webster.com+Dictionary&rft.atitle=Lecce&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.merriam-webster.com%2Fdictionary%2FLecce&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALecce" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFRohlfs1964" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Rohlfs, Gerhard (1964). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170801041216/http://emeroteca.provincia.brindisi.it/Ricerche%20e%20Studi/1970/Articoli/Toponomastica%20Greca%20nel%20Salento.pdf">"Toponomastica greca nel Salento"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (in Italian). p. 13. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 August</span> 2017</span>. <q>Ancient Greek name of Lecce according to <a href="/wiki/Strabo" title="Strabo">Strabo</a>.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Toponomastica+greca+nel+Salento&rft.pages=13&rft.date=1964&rft.aulast=Rohlfs&rft.aufirst=Gerhard&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Femeroteca.provincia.brindisi.it%2FRicerche%2520e%2520Studi%2F1970%2FArticoli%2FToponomastica%2520Greca%2520nel%2520Salento.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALecce" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lifeinitaly.com/tourism/puglia/lecce">"Lecce: Italy"</a>. 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