Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Lecce, Italy

Teatro Politeama Greco is a theatre in Lecce, Italy. It is located on the central Via XXV Luglio, adjacent to the Charles V Castle.

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The column of Sant'Oronzo, about 29 meters high, is located in Piazza Sant'Oronzo in Lecce. On the top there is a statue of the patron saint made in Venice in 1739.

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The Palazzo del Seggio, better known as "Il Sedile", is a palace in the historic center of Lecce, located in Piazza Sant'Oronzo. It dates back to the end of the sixteenth century.

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The church of San Marco, located next to the seat, in the center of Lecce, dates back to the 16th century.

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The Roman amphitheater of Lecce is a monument from the Roman era located in Piazza Sant'Oronzo. It dates back to the Augustan age.

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The church of Sant'Irene dei Teatini is a Catholic place of worship in the historic center of Lecce. It is dedicated to St. Irene of Lecce, patron saint of the city until 1656, the year in which Pope Alexander VII proclaimed the patronage of Lecce of a holy bishop: St. Oronzo.

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The church of Gesù or Madonna del Buon Consiglio is a church in the historic center of Lecce, Italy. It was for centuries the seat of the Society of Jesus.

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In Italy there is a network of Jewish museums, often housed in the premises of ancient synagogues, testifying to the presence of Jewish communities at the level of local history. Since 2011 there has been the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah (MEIS) in the former prison of Ferrara, in Via Piangipane, which documents the millennial presence of Jews in Italy and the tragic events of the Shoah.

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Basilica di Santa Croce is a Baroque style church that was completed in 1695 in Lecce, Apulia, Italy.

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The church of San Nicola dei Greci, erected at the behest of Frederick II of Swabia in 1232, is a church in Altamura and is located on the main street of the historic center, Corso Federico II di Svevia, a few steps from the cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta.

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The church of San Giovanni Evangelista is a church in Lecce located in the historic center of the city, in Corte Accardo.

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The church of Santa Maria della Provvidenza, better known as delle Alcantarine by the nuns who occupied the adjacent monastery now demolished, is a church in the ancient village of Lecce. It was built in the early eighteenth century by the architect Giuseppe Cino. Subsequently, in 1724, at the behest of the client Giuseppe Angrisani, Baron of Torchiarolo, the project was modified and followed by the architect Mauro Manieri.

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Porta Napoli is a triumphal arch city gate of Lecce, marking the entrance to the historic center of the city along with the other two existing gates Porta San Biagio and Porta Rudiae. It is located adjacent to the Arco di Triomphe square and in front of the obelisk of Terra d'Otranto.

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The University of Salento is a university located in Lecce, Italy. It was founded in 1955 by Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli.

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The church of Saints Niccolò and Cataldo is a medieval church of Lecce. Together with the Optiguous Monastery it was founded in 1180 by the Count of Stirpe Normanna Tancredi d'Altavilla, who became king of Sicily. The construction of the Temple represents a real 'model' that innovated and at the same time then directed the architectural and stylical dictates for the creation of the so -called 'new Romanesque hydrutin school' hugging the now stale architecture of the first Romanesque of Terra d'Otranto, where The Latin-Bizino-Epirota component merged with the style of the Alps. Starting from Tancredi, stylistic models that survived for about two centuries until the construction of the church of Santa Caterina in Galatina, of the mid -fourteenth century; Arriving to dictate the architectural lines for the realization of the Cathedral of Matera. The Count donated the complex to the Benedictine monks, which followed in 1494, at the behest of Alfonso II of Naples, the Olivetan Fathers who remained until 1807. In 1807 Napoleon established high schools and the complex became high school. In 1870 the complex became the seat of the kindergarten and starting from the 80s, it is home to the faculty of cultural heritage.

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