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Lecce
Lecce (/ˈlɛtʃeɪ/ LETCH-ay, Italian: [ˈlettʃe] ⓘ) is a city in southern Italy and capital of the province of Lecce. It is on the Salentine Peninsula, at the heel of the Italian Peninsula. The city is more than two thousand years old.
Because of its rich Baroque architecture, Lecce is nicknamed "The Florence of the South". "Lecce stone"—a particular kind of limestone—is one of main exports of the city. It is very soft and workable, thus suitable for sculptures. As well as being an industrial centre specializing in ceramics, Lecce also is an important agricultural centre, chiefly for its olive oil and wine production.
Lecce is home to the University of Salento.
According to legends about Lecce, a city called Sybar founded by the Messapii at the time of the Trojan War was conquered by the Romans in the third century BC, receiving the new name of Lupiae. Under the Roman emperor Hadrian (second century AD) Lupiae was renamed as Licea or Litium and moved 3 kilometres (2 miles) to the northeast. The ancient city had a theater and an amphitheater and was connected to the Hadrian Port (the current San Cataldo).
Orontius of Lecce, locally called Sant'Oronzo, is considered to have served as the city's first Christian bishop and he is the patron saint of Lecce.
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Lecce was sacked by the Ostrogoth king, Totila, during the Gothic Wars. Roman rule was restored in 549 and it remained part of the Eastern Roman Empire for five centuries, with brief conquests by Saracens and Lombards.
After the Norman conquest in the eleventh century, Lecce regained commercial and political importance. Count Tancred of Lecce was the last Norman king of Sicily. Lecce flourished in the subsequent Hohenstaufen and Angevine rule. When it was annexed directly to the crown, from 1053 to 1463, Lecce was one of the largest and most important fiefs in the Kingdom of Sicily.
From the fifteenth 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, during the first part of the sixteenth century a new line of walls and a castle were built by Charles V (who also was the Holy Roman Emperor).
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Lecce
Lecce (/ˈlɛtʃeɪ/ LETCH-ay, Italian: [ˈlettʃe] ⓘ) is a city in southern Italy and capital of the province of Lecce. It is on the Salentine Peninsula, at the heel of the Italian Peninsula. The city is more than two thousand years old.
Because of its rich Baroque architecture, Lecce is nicknamed "The Florence of the South". "Lecce stone"—a particular kind of limestone—is one of main exports of the city. It is very soft and workable, thus suitable for sculptures. As well as being an industrial centre specializing in ceramics, Lecce also is an important agricultural centre, chiefly for its olive oil and wine production.
Lecce is home to the University of Salento.
According to legends about Lecce, a city called Sybar founded by the Messapii at the time of the Trojan War was conquered by the Romans in the third century BC, receiving the new name of Lupiae. Under the Roman emperor Hadrian (second century AD) Lupiae was renamed as Licea or Litium and moved 3 kilometres (2 miles) to the northeast. The ancient city had a theater and an amphitheater and was connected to the Hadrian Port (the current San Cataldo).
Orontius of Lecce, locally called Sant'Oronzo, is considered to have served as the city's first Christian bishop and he is the patron saint of Lecce.
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Lecce was sacked by the Ostrogoth king, Totila, during the Gothic Wars. Roman rule was restored in 549 and it remained part of the Eastern Roman Empire for five centuries, with brief conquests by Saracens and Lombards.
After the Norman conquest in the eleventh century, Lecce regained commercial and political importance. Count Tancred of Lecce was the last Norman king of Sicily. Lecce flourished in the subsequent Hohenstaufen and Angevine rule. When it was annexed directly to the crown, from 1053 to 1463, Lecce was one of the largest and most important fiefs in the Kingdom of Sicily.
From the fifteenth 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, during the first part of the sixteenth century a new line of walls and a castle were built by Charles V (who also was the Holy Roman Emperor).
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