view gallery SW12.7 km | Basilica di Santa Caterina - Galatina, Italy in Signs of History The 14th-century Basilica di Santa Caterina d’Alessandria was built by the Franciscans, whose patron was Frenchwoman Marie d’Enghien de Brienne. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 07/03/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery SW12.7 km | Basilica di Santa Caterina - Galatina, Italy in Romanesque Architecture The Basilica of St. Catherine, one of the most important examples of Romanesque architecture in Puglia, was erected between 1383 and 1391 by order of Raimondello Orsini del Balzo. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 10/22/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery E13.7 km | Limestone arch at Torre Sant'Andrea (Salento, Apulia, South Italy) in Natural Arches Beautiful, more than 12 m high, limestone arch you can find in pictoresque (and by tourists often visited...) part of Adriatic Sea coast near Torre Sant'Andrea in Salento peninsula (Apulia, South Italy), posted by: Dorcadion Team location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 03/06/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery NW14.5 km | Horse in the Museo archeologico provinciale Sigismondo Castromediano - Lecce, Italy in Fiberglass Horses We saw this horse in the museum but unfortunately, there is not any explanation about its display and we didn't speak Italian and couldn't ask. It appears to be a work of art. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 06/22/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NW14.5 km | Museo archeologico provinciale Sigismondo Castromediano - Lecce, Italy in History Museums The Museo Provinciale Sigismondo Castromediano was established by Sigismondo Castromediano, an Italian Duke and scholar. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 06/12/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NW14.5 km | Museo archeologico provinciale Sigismondo Castromediano - Lecce, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization Founded in 1868 by the duke of Cavallino Sigismondo Castromediano, Lecce Provincial Museum is the most ancient in Puglia. It houses a rich collection of finds belonging to the Messapian civilization and Roman settlements. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 06/11/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NW14.6 km | Chiesa di San Matteo - Lecce, Italy in Baroque Architecture This church is considered the “Pantheon of the baroque Leccese”, with its complex, concave-convex façade, and an interesting elliptical shape. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 06/15/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NW14.6 km | Castelo Di Carlo V - Lecce, Italy in Castles The Castle of Charles V was first built in the Middle Ages, and was strengthened by Charles V in 1539, to a design by the architect Gian Giacomo dell’Acaya. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 06/11/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NW14.8 km | Roman Amphitheatre - Lecce, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization Featuring an elliptical layout, the amphitheatre is partly buried and partly supported by arcades resting on tuff columns. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 06/03/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NW14.8 km | Roman Theater - Lecce, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization Lecce’s Roman Theater is thought to have been constructed during the Augustus period (between 27 B.C. and 14 A.D.). The theater (minus the top two tiers) was excavated in the 1930s and can be viewed from the street that passes behind it. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 06/10/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NW14.8 km | Colonna di Sant'Oronzo - Lecce, Italy in Signs of History This sign explains the history of the Saint Oronzo column in the center of Lecce. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 07/28/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NW14.8 km | Colonna di Sant'Oronzo - Lecce, Italy in Freestanding Columns This column, which stands in a large plaza in the center of Lecce, once stood in Brindisi to mark the end of the Appian Way. It now serves as a pedestal for a statue of a venerated local saint. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 06/19/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NW14.8 km | Colonna di Sant'Oronzo - Lecce, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization The column was one of a pair that stood in the centre of Brindisi to mark the end of the Appian way that ran from Rome to the south of Italy. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 06/09/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NW14.8 km | Natale - Lecce, Italy in Ice Cream Parlors The company was founded by the passion of Fernando Natale, who in 1978 in San Cesario di Lecce decided to realize his dream of building a small confectioner pastry shop and ice cream parlor. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 06/13/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NW14.8 km | Museo del Teatro Romano - Lecce, Italy in History Museums Attached to the roman theater, the museum was set up by the Memmo Foundation, in some rooms of the prestigious seventeenth century palace that belonged to the Romano family. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 06/12/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NW14.8 km | Museo del Teatro Romano - Lecce, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization Attached to the roman theater, the museum was set up by the Memmo Foundation, in some rooms of the prestigious seventeenth century palace that belonged to the Romano family. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 06/10/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NW14.8 km | Chiesa di San Sebastiano - Lecce, Italy in Roman Catholic Churches Built in 1520. Now serves as a Museum. posted by: Metro2 location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 03/22/2023 last visited: 03/22/2023 |
view gallery NW14.8 km | Chiesa di San Sebastiano - Lecce, Italy in Wikipedia Entries Built in 1520. Now serves as a Museum. posted by: Metro2 location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 03/21/2023 last visited: 03/22/2023 |
view gallery NW14.8 km | Chiesa di San Sebastiano - Lecce, Italy in This Old Church Built in 1520. Now serves as a Museum. posted by: Metro2 location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 03/22/2023 last visited: 03/22/2023 |
view gallery NW14.8 km | Chiesa di San Sebastiano - Lecce, Italy in Official Local Tourism Attractions Built in 1520. Now serves as a Museum. posted by: Metro2 location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 03/22/2023 last visited: 03/22/2023 |
view gallery NW14.8 km | Duomo dell'Assunzione della Vergine / Cathedral of the Assumption of Virgin Mary (Lecce, Apulia, Italy) in Baroque Architecture Lecce, a regional centre of Salento peninsula in Apulia, is famous for its Baroque - among the most important examples of this style in the town belongs Cathedral of the Assumption of Virgin Mary (Duomo dell'Assunzione della Verhgine)... posted by: Dorcadion Team location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 03/07/2010 last visited: 10/09/2012 |
view gallery NW15 km | Duomo dell'Assunzione della Vergine / Cathedral of the Assumption of Virgin Mary (Lecce, Apulia, Italy) in Cathedrals Beautiful Cathedral of the Assumption of Virgin Mary (Duomo dell'Assunzione della Vergine) is one of the key achitectural and spiritual landmarks of regional centre of Salento peninsula in Apulia - town Lecce... posted by: Dorcadion Team location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 03/07/2010 last visited: 05/05/2016 |
view gallery NW15 km | Palazzo del Seminario / The Seminar Palace (Lecce, Apulia, Italy) in Baroque Architecture The Seminar palace (Palazzo del Seminario), located in vicinity of Lecce's cathedral, is one of numerous Baroque jewels of the town renown for it's architectural heritage... posted by: Dorcadion Team location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 03/07/2010 last visited: 10/09/2012 |
view gallery NW15 km | Basilica di Santa Croce - Lecce, Italy in Baroque Architecture Basilica di Santa Croce (Italian, Church of the Holy Cross) is a Baroque church in Lecce, Apulia, Italy, completed in 1695. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 06/07/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery NW15.1 km | Chiesa di San Giovanni di Dio - Lecce, Italy in Wikipedia Entries Also known as Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pace posted by: Metro2 location: Puglia, Italy date approved: 03/22/2023 last visited: 03/22/2023 |
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