Lecce is particularly marked by a exuberant Baroque style which recovers frontages and interior of its numerous religious monuments.
This embellishment dates from the XVIIth century when the city knew a great prosperity.
Its origins goes back to the ancient Roman time, it has preserved a theatre from this period.
Today, it is the main city of the salentine peninsula in the south of Apulia region.
Photos of Lecce
Roman theatre
Church Saint Irene
Santa Croce (XVIth - XVIIth)
It is Zingarello who finished the church in 1679.
Piazza del duomo square - Cathedral
Piazza del duomo : Episcopal palate (XVIIth), cathedral (XVIIth) and a seminary (XVIIIth)
Lecce cathedral
Chiesa del Rosario (XVIIth)
Chiesa di Santa Teresa (XVIIth)
Chiesa del Gesù
Saint Ignace from Loyola.
Eglise jésuite.
Streets and Lecce squares
Porta Rudiae (XVIIIth)
Spanish castle
Piazza Sant'Oronzo
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