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Minervino di Lecce

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Country
  
Italy

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Lecce (LE)

Demonym(s)
  
Minervinesi

Province
  
Province of Lecce

Postal code
  
73027

Dialling code
  
0836

Region
  
Apulia

Elevation
  
98 m (322 ft)

Area
  
17 km²

Local time
  
Monday 1:54 AM

Patron saint
  
Anthony of Padua

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Frazioni
  
Cocumola, Specchia Gallone

Weather
  
7°C, Wind W at 14 km/h, 85% Humidity

Minervino di Lecce is a town and comune in the province of Lecce, Apulia, south-eastern Italy. It is situated in the eastern part of the Salento peninsula about 43 kilometres (27 mi) from Lecce, not far from Otranto.

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Map of 73027 Minervino di Lecce Province of Lecce, Italy

Main sights

  • Mother church (mid-16th century), one of the most refined Renaissance churches in the Salento. It has carved portals, a richly decorated and wide rose window, large bronze bell and a decorated apse in local stone. One of the portal has a large statue of St. Michael Archangel.
  • Church of Madonna delle Grazie
  • Convent of St. Anthony (1624)

    • The Dolmen Li Scusi, in the town's countryside towards Uggiano La Chiesa, is the largest dolmen in Apulia after that of Bisceglie. The frazione of Cocumola is home to numerous Messapic granarys (locally known as fogge) and several menhirs.

    References

    Minervino di Lecce Wikipedia
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