The Civic Museum of Art houses religious works from convents, chapels and items from noble mansions. One of the halls has sculptures by Galatina artist...

The Chiesa SS. Pietro e Paolo is one of the most important churches in Galatina and considered the mother church. It’s dedicated to the Apostles...

The village of Corigliano d’Otranto in the Lecce province is where you will find one of the most important castles in the Salento area. This...

Soleto was once a Messapian town, as is evident from some inscriptions found in a necropolis. There are many interesting things to see here including...

The Corigliano d’Otranto Castle was constructed during the 16th Century when Giovan Battista delli Monti drastically changed a building that already existed in the 1400s...

The Sanctuary of Crocifisso della Pietà is an beautiful Baroque church built between the end of the 15th Century and the early 16th Century. It...

The Chiesa di San Sebastiano church was constructed in 1520 and dedicated to Saint Sebastian, a young saint who was worshipped by the local citizens....

The Chiesa Matrice dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption is considered the mother church of Galatone and was built between 1591 and 1595 on...

The Natural History and Chinese Missionary Museum has on display cases showing Chinese medals, ivory, bronzes and Oriental furniture. The museum is in two sections,...

Muro Leccese is located in the Salento inland, south of Lecce. The Greeks settled here between the 9th and the 7th centuries BC. Some of...

The little village of Melpignano, not far from Lecce, is part of the old Greek area of Salento. Among its attractions is a very beautiful...

The Chiesa di Sant’Eufemia is an important example of Byzantine architecture. The church can be dated to the 9th-13th centuries with a dry-stone wall surrounding...

The Piazza Salandra is the life and soul of the ancient town on Nardo’. The square shows off the grandeur of its civil and religious...

Santi Nicolò e Cataldo was founded by the Norman Count Tancred in the middle of the 12th Century. It has a beautiful Romanesque doorway in...

The Church of Santa Maria di Costantinopoli was a Baroque project designed and built by Francesco Antonio Zimbalo. The Augustinian Order is the holder of...

The small town of Martignano is one of the places where an ancient dialect of Greek origin is still spoken. It is well worth a...

The village of Martano is situated inside the Greek part of Salento. It has two important monuments: the Palazzo Baronale, which was once an Aragonese...

The Basilica of Saint Maria can be found at the entrance of Parabita, on the way to Gallipoli. Inside is a mixture of frescos, among...

Masseria Torcito o Cerceto is situated just a few kilometres from Otranto, in the territory of Cannole. This grand fortified rural dwelling was recently restored...

The Archaeological Museum in Maglie is situated at the impressive Palazzo Sticchi. It is a didactic museum with illustrative panels that explain the various stages...