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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the city in Italy. For the football club, see <a href="U.S._Lecce" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Lecce">U.S. Lecce</a>. For people with the surname, see <a href="Lecce_(surname)" title="Lecce (surname)">Lecce (surname)</a>.</div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="Leece" title="Leece">Leece</a> or <a href="Lecco" title="Lecco">Lecco</a>.</div>

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</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Lecce</div>

<div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="it"><span title="Sicilian-language text"><i lang="scn">Lècce</i></span> (<a href="Salentino_dialect" title="Salentino dialect">Salentino</a>)<br>

<span title="Greek-language text"><i lang="el-Latn">Luppìu</i></span> (<a href="Griko" class="mw-redirect" title="Griko">Griko</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it"><a href="Comune" title="Comune">Comune</a></i></span></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Comune di Lecce</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid black;width:200px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:1px 0 0 1px"><div style="display:table;background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:black;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Clockwise from top: Church of Santa Croce; Roman Amphitheatre; Lecce Cathedral ("<i>Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta</i>"); the cathedral's bell tower; and Porta Rudiae</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">

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</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage noviewer" typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:58.264%;left:93.492%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lecce"></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:4px;left:-3em"><div>Lecce</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Lecce in Italy</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Italy</span></div></div></div><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage noviewer" typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:74.756%;left:87.361%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lecce"></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:4px;left:-3em"><div>Lecce</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Lecce (Apulia)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Apulia</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">

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</style><span class=" nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="geo:40.35,18.166666666666668"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°21′N</span> <span class="longitude">18°10′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.350°N 18.167°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.350; 18.167</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Regions_of_Italy" title="Regions of Italy">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Apulia" title="Apulia">Apulia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Provinces_of_Italy" title="Provinces of Italy">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Province_of_Lecce" title="Province of Lecce">Lecce</a> (LE)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">200s BC<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Adriana_Poli_Bortone" title="Adriana Poli Bortone">Adriana Poli Bortone</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v20_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v20-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">238 km<sup>2</sup> (92 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">49 m (161 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(01-1-2023)<sup id="cite_ref-wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v20_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v20-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">94,783</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">400/km<sup>2</sup> (1,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Leccese</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">73100</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="List_of_dialling_codes_in_Italy" title="List of dialling codes in Italy">Dialing code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0832</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Patron saint</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Orontius_of_Lecce" title="Orontius of Lecce">Orontius</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comune.lecce.it/">www<wbr>.comune<wbr>.lecce<wbr>.it</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Lecce</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="/tʃ/: 'ch' in 'China'">tʃ</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span></span>/</span></span> <i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">LETCH</span>-ay</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">

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</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Italian:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="it-Latn-fonipa">[ˈlettʃe]</span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/c\/c1\/It-Lecce.ogg\/It-Lecce.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"It-Lecce.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c1/It-Lecce.ogg/It-Lecce.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable">ⓘ</sup></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a city in <a href="Southern_Italy" title="Southern Italy">southern Italy</a> and <a href="Capital_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (political)">capital</a> of the <a href="Province_of_Lecce" title="Province of Lecce">province of Lecce</a>. It is on the <a href="Salento" title="Salento">Salentine Peninsula</a>, at the heel of the <a href="Italian_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Peninsula">Italian Peninsula</a>, and is over two thousand years old.

</p><p>Because of its rich <a href="Baroque_architecture" title="Baroque architecture">Baroque architecture</a>, Lecce is nicknamed "The <a href="Florence" title="Florence">Florence</a> of the South".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Lecce stone"—a particular kind of <a href="Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—is one of the city's main exports, because it is very soft and workable, and thus suitable for sculptures. Lecce is also an important <a href="Agricultural" class="mw-redirect" title="Agricultural">agricultural</a> centre, chiefly for its <a href="Olive_oil" title="Olive oil">olive oil</a> and <a href="Wine" title="Wine">wine</a> production, as well as an industrial centre specializing in <a href="Ceramic" title="Ceramic">ceramics</a>.

</p><p>Lecce is home to the <a href="University_of_Salento" title="University of Salento">University of Salento</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<p>According to legend, a city called <i>Sybar</i> existed at the time of the <a href="Trojan_War" title="Trojan War">Trojan War</a>, founded by the <a href="Messapii" class="mw-redirect" title="Messapii">Messapii</a>. It was conquered by the <a href="Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Romans</a> in the 3rd century BC, receiving the new name of <i>Lupiae</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Under the emperor <a href="Hadrian" title="Hadrian">Hadrian</a> (2nd century AD) the city was moved 3 kilometres (2 miles) to the northeast, taking the name of Licea or Litium. Lecce had a theater and an amphitheater and was connected to the Hadrian Port (the current San Cataldo). <a href="Orontius_of_Lecce" title="Orontius of Lecce">Orontius of Lecce</a>, locally called Sant'Oronzo, is considered to have served as the city's first Christian bishop and is Lecce's patron saint.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>After the fall of the <a href="Western_Roman_Empire" title="Western Roman Empire">Western Roman Empire</a>, Lecce was sacked by the <a href="Ostrogoth" class="mw-redirect" title="Ostrogoth">Ostrogoth</a> king <a href="Totila" title="Totila">Totila</a> in the <a href="Gothic_Wars_(6th_century)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gothic Wars (6th century)">Gothic Wars</a>. It was restored to Roman rule in 549, and remained part of the <a href="Eastern_Roman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Roman Empire">Eastern Empire</a> for five centuries, with brief conquests by <a href="Saracen" title="Saracen">Saracens</a> and <a href="Lombards" title="Lombards">Lombards</a>.

</p><p>After the <a href="Italo-Normans" title="Italo-Normans">Norman</a> conquest in the 11th century, Lecce regained commercial and political importance (count <a href="Tancred_of_Lecce" class="mw-redirect" title="Tancred of Lecce">Tancred of Lecce</a> was the last Norman King of Sicily), flourishing in the subsequent <a href="Hohenstaufen" title="Hohenstaufen">Hohenstaufen</a> and <a href="Capetian_House_of_Anjou" title="Capetian House of Anjou">Angevine</a> rule. The <a href="County_of_Lecce" title="County of Lecce">County of Lecce</a> was one of the largest and most important fiefs in the <a href="Kingdom_of_Sicily" title="Kingdom of Sicily">Kingdom of Sicily</a> from 1053 to 1463, when it was annexed directly to the crown. From the 15th 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, a new line of walls and a castle were built by <a href="Charles_V%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles V</a> (who was also <a href="Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperor</a>), in the first part of the 16th century.

</p><p>In 1656, a <a href="Plague_(disease)" title="Plague (disease)">plague</a> broke out in the city, killing a thousand inhabitants.

</p><p>In 1943, <a href="Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter aircraft</a> based in Lecce helped support isolated Italian <a href="Garrisons" class="mw-redirect" title="Garrisons">garrisons</a> in the <a href="Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a> during <a href="World_War_II" title="World War II">World War 2</a>. Because they were delayed by the <a href="Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allies</a>, they couldn't prevent a defeat. In 1944 and 1945, <a href="B-24_long-range_bombers" class="mw-redirect" title="B-24 long-range bombers">B-24 long-range bombers</a> of the <a href="98th_Heavy_Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="98th Heavy Bomber Group">98th Heavy Bomber Group</a> attached to the <a href="15th_U.S._Army_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="15th U.S. Army Air Force">15th U.S. Army Air Force</a> were based in Lecce, from where the crews flew missions over Italy, the Balkans, Austria, Germany and France.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2></div>

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</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:30em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr valign="top"><td style="padding:0 0.5em"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1861</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">15,594</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1871</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">23,301</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+49.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1881</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">25,441</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">32,029</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+25.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">34,958</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+9.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">39,556</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+13.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1931</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">44,368</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+12.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1936</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">49,261</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+11.0%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="padding:0 0.5em;border-left:solid 1px #aaa"><table style="border-spacing:0;width:15em"><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">63,831</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+29.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">75,297</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+18.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">83,050</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+10.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">91,289</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">100,884</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+10.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">83,303</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−17.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">89,916</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+7.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2021</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">94,783</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.4%</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: <a href="National_Institute_of_Statistics_(Italy)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Institute of Statistics (Italy)">ISTAT</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Main_sights">Main sights</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Churches_and_religious_buildings">Churches and religious buildings</h3></div>

<ul><li><a href="Basilica_di_Santa_Croce_(Lecce)" class="mw-redirect" title="Basilica di Santa Croce (Lecce)">Church of the Holy Cross</a>: construction of the <i>Chiesa di Santa Croce</i>) was begun in 1353, but work halted until 1549, and it was completed only by 1695. The church has a richly decorated façade with animals, grotesque figures and vegetables, and a large rose window. Next to the church is the Government Palace, a former convent.</li>

<li><a href="Lecce_Cathedral" title="Lecce Cathedral">Lecce Cathedral</a>: the church was originally built in 1144, rebuilt in 1230, then totally restored in the 1659–70 by <a href="Giuseppe_Zimbalo" title="Giuseppe Zimbalo">Giuseppe Zimbalo</a>, who also built the five storey 70-metre (230 ft) high bell tower, with an octagonal <a href="Loggia" title="Loggia">loggia</a>.</li>

<li>San Niccolò and Cataldo: the church is an example of Italo-Norman architecture. It was founded by <a href="Tancred_of_Sicily" class="mw-redirect" title="Tancred of Sicily">Tancred of Sicily</a> in 1180. In 1716 the façade was rebuilt, with the addition of numerous statues, but maintaining the original <a href="Romanesque_architecture" title="Romanesque architecture">Romanesque</a> portal. The walls were frescoed during the 15th-17th centuries.</li>

<li>Celestine Convent: built (1549–1695) in <a href="Baroque_architecture" title="Baroque architecture">Baroque</a>-style by <a href="Giuseppe_Zimbalo" title="Giuseppe Zimbalo">Giuseppe Zimbalo</a>. The courtyard was designed by Gabriele Riccardi.</li>

<li>Santa Irene: this church was commissioned in 1591 by the <a href="Theatines" title="Theatines">Theatines</a> and dedicated to <a href="Irene_of_Thessalonica" class="mw-redirect" title="Irene of Thessalonica">Saint Irene</a>. The architect was <a href="Francesco_Grimaldi_(architect)" title="Francesco Grimaldi (architect)">Francesco Grimaldi</a>). It has a large façade showing different styles in the upper and lower parts. Above the portal stands a statue of <i>Ste Irene</i> (1717) by Mauro Manieri. The interior is on the Latin cross plan and is rather sober. The main altarpiece is a copy of the <i>St <a href="Michael_the_Archangel" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael the Archangel">Michael the Archangel</a></i> by <a href="Guido_Reni" title="Guido Reni">Guido Reni</a>. The high altar has a <i>Transport of the Holy Ark</i> by Oronzo Tiso. In the right transept is one of the largest altars in Lecce, dedicated to <a href="Saint_Cajetan" title="Saint Cajetan">Saint Cajetan</a> (1651). Nearby is the <a href="Rococo" title="Rococo">Rococo</a> altar of Saint <a href="Andrew_Avellino" title="Andrew Avellino">Andrew Avellino</a>. Also from the mid-17th century is the <i>Altar of St Orontius</i> by <a href="Francesco_Antonio_Zimbalo" title="Francesco Antonio Zimbalo">Francesco Antonio Zimbalo</a>, followed by the altar of Saint Irene with a canvas by Giuseppe Verrio (1639), nine busts of saints housing relics and a large statue of the saint. The altar of <a href="Saint_Stephen" title="Saint Stephen">Saint Stephen</a> has the <i>Stoning of St. Stephen</i> by Verrio.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>San Matteo: this church was built in 1667. It has a typical central Italy Baroque style. It has two columns on the façade, only one of which is decorated, though only partially. According to a local legend, the jealous devil killed the sculptor before he could finish the work.</li>

<li>Santa Maria degli Angeli</li>

<li>Santa Chiara: this church was built in 1429–1438, rebuilt in 1687.</li>

<li>San Francesco della Scarpa: known as the "church without façade" as the latter has been demolished in the 19th century restorations. The most ancient section dates likely to the 13th-14th centuries; the interior is on the Greek Cross plan. Notable are several Baroque altars and a large statue of <a href="Saint_Joseph" title="Saint Joseph">Saint Joseph</a>.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_buildings">Other buildings</h3></div>

<ul><li>Column of statue of St Oronzo: (Lecce's patron) was given to Lecce by the city of <a href="Brindisi" title="Brindisi">Brindisi</a>, because Saint Oronzo was reputed to have cured the plague in Brindisi. The column was one of a pair that marked the end of the <a href="Appian_Way" title="Appian Way">Appian Way</a>, the main road between <a href="Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> and southern Italy.</li>

<li>Torre del Parco ("Park Tower"): is one of the medieval symbols of Lecce. It was erected in 1419 by the then-18 year old <a href="Giovanni_Antonio_Del_Balzo_Orsini" class="mw-redirect" title="Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini">Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini</a>, prince of Lecce. The tower, standing at more than 23 metres (75 ft), is surrounded by a ditch in which bears (the heraldic symbol of the Orsini del Balzo) were reared. The whole complex was the seat of Orsini's tribunal and of a mint, and after Giovanni Antonio's death, it became a residence for the Spanish viceroys.</li>

<li>Palazzo Sedile: was built in 1592 and was used by the local council until 1852.</li>

<li><a href="Castle_of_Charles_V" title="Castle of Charles V">Castle of Charles V</a>: built in 1539–49 by Gian Giacomo dell'Acaja. It has a trapezoidal plan with angular bastions. It is attached to the Politeama Greco Opera House, inaugurated on 15 November 1884.</li>

<li>Triumphal Arch (<i>Arco di Trionfo</i>, commonly called <i>Porta Napoli</i>, "Neapolitan Gate"), which is one of the three gates to enter Lecce's historical city centre, erected in 1548 in honor of Charles V. It replaced an older gate, <i>Porta S. Giusto</i>, which, according to tradition, lay over the tomb of the namesake saint. Also built over pre-existing medieval gates are the current <i>Porta San Biagio</i> ("St. Blaise Gate") and the <i>Porta Rudiae</i> which are the other two gates to Lecce's Historical city centre. Both are in Baroque style, the latter having the statue of St. Oronzo on the top and mythological figures on the sides.</li>

<li>Palazzo dei Celestini: now seat of the Province of Lecce. It was built in 1659–95 and designed by <a href="Giuseppe_Zimbalo" title="Giuseppe Zimbalo">Giuseppe Zimbalo</a>.</li>

<li>The city's obelisk: erected in 1822 in honour of <a href="Ferdinand_I_of_the_Two_Sicilies" title="Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies">Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies</a>.</li></ul>

<div class="gallerytext"><i>Piazza Sant'Oronzo</i></div>

</li>

<div class="gallerytext"><i>Piazza del Duomo</i></div>

</li>

<div class="gallerytext">Lower part of the facade of <i><a href="Basilica_di_Santa_Croce_(Lecce)" class="mw-redirect" title="Basilica di Santa Croce (Lecce)">Basilica di Santa Croce</a></i></div>

</li>

<div class="gallerytext">Church of <i>San Giovanni Battista</i></div>

</li>

<div class="gallerytext"><i>Palazzo dei Celestini</i></div>

</li>

<div class="gallerytext"><i>Arco di Prato</i></div>

</li>

<div class="gallerytext"><i>Porta Napoli</i></div>

</li>

<div class="gallerytext">Pediment of <i>Porta Rudiae</i></div>

</li>

<div class="gallerytext">Female caryatids on the facade of <i>palazzo Marrese</i></div>

</li>

<div class="gallerytext"><i>Ferdinando I di Borbone Obelisk</i></div>

</li>

</ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gardens_and_parks">Gardens and parks</h3></div>

<ul><li><a href="Orto_Botanico_di_Lecce" class="mw-redirect" title="Orto Botanico di Lecce">Orto Botanico di Lecce</a>, a <a href="Botanical_garden" title="Botanical garden">botanical garden</a>.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archaeology">Archaeology</h3></div>

<ul><li>The Roman 2nd century <a href="Amphitheatre" title="Amphitheatre">amphitheatre</a>, situated near Sant'Oronzo Square, was able to seat more than 25,000 people. It is now half-buried because other monuments were built above it over the centuries. The theatre is currently used for various religious and arts events.</li>

<li>The archaeological museum <i>Sigismondo Castromediano</i>.</li>

<li>The archaeological museum <i>Faggiano</i>.</li>

<li>The archaeological park of <a href="Rudiae" title="Rudiae">Rudiae</a>, three kilometres south-west of the city but within its limits. The place was identified as the former home of the poet <a href="Ennius" title="Ennius">Ennius</a> by <a href="Antonio_de_Ferraris" title="Antonio de Ferraris">Antonio de Ferraris</a>, a <a href="Renaissance_Humanist" class="mw-redirect" title="Renaissance Humanist">Renaissance Humanist</a> who was from the region.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was once the more important city until Roman times and has an amphitheatre of its own, a <a href="Necropolis" title="Necropolis">necropolis</a> and remains of substantial walls. The Porta Rudiae, built on the road leading from this site, is named after it.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3></div>

<p>Lecce experiences a <a href="Mediterranean_climate" title="Mediterranean climate">Mediterranean climate</a> (<a href="K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Csa</i>).

</p>

<div>

<th colspan="14">Climate data for Lecce (1981–2010)

</th></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">Month

</th>

<th scope="col">Jan

</th>

<th scope="col">Feb

</th>

<th scope="col">Mar

</th>

<th scope="col">Apr

</th>

<th scope="col">May

</th>

<th scope="col">Jun

</th>

<th scope="col">Jul

</th>

<th scope="col">Aug

</th>

<th scope="col">Sep

</th>

<th scope="col">Oct

</th>

<th scope="col">Nov

</th>

<th scope="col">Dec

</th>

<th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year

</th></tr>

<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F)

</th>

<td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br>(70.2)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br>(72.3)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br>(83.5)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br>(86.7)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF2800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.6<br>(96.1)

</td>

<td style="background: #DC0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">44.0<br>(111.2)

</td>

<td style="background: #D70000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">44.4<br>(111.9)

</td>

<td style="background: #EF0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.6<br>(108.7)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF0600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.6<br>(105.1)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.2<br>(93.6)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br>(80.2)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br>(70.5)

</td>

<td style="background: #D70000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">44.4<br>(111.9)

</td></tr>

<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F)

</th>

<td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.1<br>(55.6)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br>(56.1)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br>(60.6)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br>(66.7)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br>(76.8)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br>(85.1)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF3F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.3<br>(90.1)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br>(90.0)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br>(81.9)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br>(73.0)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br>(64.0)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFBC7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.1<br>(57.4)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">21.9<br>(71.4)

</td></tr>

<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F)

</th>

<td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br>(47.1)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br>(47.3)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6<br>(51.1)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br>(56.7)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.5<br>(65.3)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF8104; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.7<br>(72.9)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.5<br>(77.9)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br>(78.1)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br>(71.2)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br>(63.9)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.1<br>(55.6)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br>(49.5)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">16.3<br>(61.4)

</td></tr>

<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F)

</th>

<td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br>(38.8)

</td>

<td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br>(38.5)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br>(41.5)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br>(46.4)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br>(53.6)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.0<br>(60.8)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br>(65.7)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br>(66.2)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br>(60.6)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br>(54.7)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3<br>(46.9)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFFAF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2<br>(41.4)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10.7<br>(51.3)

</td></tr>

<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F)

</th>

<td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12.0<br>(10.4)

</td>

<td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.6<br>(21.9)

</td>

<td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.6<br>(23.7)

</td>

<td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.8<br>(28.8)

</td>

<td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br>(37.8)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br>(45.3)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br>(50.7)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFD3A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.8<br>(51.4)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br>(42.8)

</td>

<td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1<br>(34.0)

</td>

<td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.8<br>(27.0)

</td>

<td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.4<br>(22.3)

</td>

<td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−12.0<br>(10.4)

</td></tr>

<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches)

</th>

<td style="background: #A5FFA5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.3<br>(2.37)

</td>

<td style="background: #9AFF9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.3<br>(2.41)

</td>

<td style="background: #A2FFA2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.4<br>(2.46)

</td>

<td style="background: #B8FFB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.5<br>(1.79)

</td>

<td style="background: #D5FFD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br>(1.09)

</td>

<td style="background: #DFFFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br>(0.80)

</td>

<td style="background: #E6FFE6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.2<br>(0.64)

</td>

<td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.0<br>(1.42)

</td>

<td style="background: #ABFFAB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.3<br>(2.14)

</td>

<td style="background: #77FF77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.0<br>(3.58)

</td>

<td style="background: #6CFF6C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95.1<br>(3.74)

</td>

<td style="background: #98FF98; color:#000000;" class="notheme">68.9<br>(2.71)

</td>

<td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">639<br>(25.15)

</td></tr>

<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span>

</th>

<td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9

</td>

<td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9

</td>

<td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9

</td>

<td style="background: #AFAFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.2

</td>

<td style="background: #C8C8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4

</td>

<td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0

</td>

<td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9

</td>

<td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2

</td>

<td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.8

</td>

<td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3

</td>

<td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8

</td>

<td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8

</td>

<td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">66.1

</td></tr>

<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%)

</th>

<td style="background: #0000D2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78.3

</td>

<td style="background: #0000DC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75.6

</td>

<td style="background: #0000E3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.9

</td>

<td style="background: #0000E7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.7

</td>

<td style="background: #0000F5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69.2

</td>

<td style="background: #0101FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66.3

</td>

<td style="background: #0505FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65.2

</td>

<td style="background: #0000FE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66.7

</td>

<td style="background: #0000E9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72.4

</td>

<td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77.1

</td>

<td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80.0

</td>

<td style="background: #0000CD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79.5

</td>

<td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">73.1

</td></tr>

<th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °C (°F)

</th>

<td style="background: #FFF6ED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8<br>(42.4)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFF6EE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7<br>(42.3)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br>(44.8)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br>(49.5)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.5<br>(54.5)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.5<br>(59.9)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.4<br>(63.3)

</td>

<td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.8<br>(65.8)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br>(62.8)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br>(58.3)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br>(52.2)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br>(45.0)

</td>

<td style="background: #FFCC99; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.9<br>(53.4)

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale<sup id="cite_ref-ISPRA_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISPRA-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="NCEI" class="mw-redirect" title="NCEI">NCEI</a>(Precipitation days-Humidity-Dew Point 1991–2020),<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><a href="World_Meteorological_Organization" title="World Meteorological Organization">World Meteorological Organization</a> (precipitation)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>altervista (extremes)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</td></tr></tbody></table>

</div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2></div>

<p>Lecce is home to <a href="Serie_A" title="Serie A">Serie A</a> football club <a href="U.S._Lecce" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Lecce">U.S. Lecce</a>, founded in 1908. Since 1966, they have played at the 33,786-seater <a href="Stadio_Via_del_Mare" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadio Via del Mare">Stadio Via del Mare</a>.

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2></div>

<p>Lecce is served by <a href="Lecce_railway_station" title="Lecce railway station">Lecce railway station</a>. The local public transport includes <a href="Trolleybuses_in_Lecce" title="Trolleybuses in Lecce">trolleybus service</a>, introduced in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-trolleymotion_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trolleymotion-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tm302_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tm302-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="People">People</h2></div>

<ul><li><a href="Antonio_Amantea" title="Antonio Amantea">Antonio Amantea</a> (1894–1983), World War I fighter ace</li>

<li><a href="Scipione_Ammirato" title="Scipione Ammirato">Scipione Ammirato</a> (1531–1601), historian and philosopher</li>

<li><a href="Giuseppe_Ayroldi" title="Giuseppe Ayroldi">Giuseppe Ayroldi</a> (1895 – 1962), represented Lecce in the Constituent Assembly</li>

<li><a href="Abraham_de_Balmes" title="Abraham de Balmes">Abraham de Balmes</a> (c. 1450–1523), <a href="Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> <a href="Physician" title="Physician">physician</a> and <a href="Translator" class="mw-redirect" title="Translator">translator</a></li>

<li><a href="Carmelo_Bene" title="Carmelo Bene">Carmelo Bene</a> (1937–2002), actor, film director and screenwriter</li>

<li>Vittorio Bodini (1914–1970), poet and translator</li>

<li><a href="Massimo_Bray" title="Massimo Bray">Massimo Bray</a> (born 1959), intellectual, academic publisher and politician, former director of the <i>Italian Encyclopaedia of Science, Letters, and Arts</i> (<a href="Enciclopedia_Treccani" class="mw-redirect" title="Enciclopedia Treccani">Enciclopedia Treccani</a>), who served in the government of Italy as Minister of Culture</li>

<li><a href="Carlo_Capasa" title="Carlo Capasa">Carlo Capasa</a> (born 1958), president of <a href="Camera_Nazionale_della_Moda_Italiana" title="Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana">Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana</a></li>

<li><a href="Ennio_Capasa" title="Ennio Capasa">Ennio Capasa</a> (born 1960), fashion designer, creator of the Italian fashion house <a href="CoSTUME_NATIONAL" class="mw-redirect" title="CoSTUME NATIONAL">CoSTUME NATIONAL</a></li>

<li><a href="Franco_Causio" title="Franco Causio">Franco Causio</a> (born 1949), retired footballer, <a href="1982_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1982 FIFA World Cup">1982 FIFA World Cup</a> winner</li>

<li><a href="Antonio_Conte" title="Antonio Conte">Antonio Conte</a> (born 1969), retired footballer, current manager of <a href="S.S.C._Napoli" class="mw-redirect" title="S.S.C. Napoli">Napoli</a>, and former manager of <a href="S.S.C._Bari" class="mw-redirect" title="S.S.C. Bari">Bari</a>, <a href="Siena_FC_SSD" title="Siena FC SSD">Siena</a>, <a href="Atalanta_B.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Atalanta B.C.">Atalanta</a>, <a href="Juventus_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Juventus F.C.">Juventus</a>, <a href="Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a>, <a href="Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a> and the <a href="Italy_national_football_team" title="Italy national football team">Italian football team</a></li>

<li><a href="Francesco_Danieli" title="Francesco Danieli">Francesco Danieli</a> (born 1981), historian and iconologist</li>

<li><a href="Cosimo_De_Giorgi" title="Cosimo De Giorgi">Cosimo De Giorgi</a> (1842–1922), scientist</li>

<li><a href="Ennio_De_Giorgi" title="Ennio De Giorgi">Ennio De Giorgi</a> (1928–1996), mathematician</li>

<li><a href="Cloe_Elmo" title="Cloe Elmo">Cloe Elmo</a> (1910–1962), opera singer</li>

<li><a href="Quintus_Ennius" class="mw-redirect" title="Quintus Ennius">Quintus Ennius</a> (c. 239–169 BC), Roman writer and poet</li>

<li><a href="Vito_Fazzi" title="Vito Fazzi">Vito Fazzi</a> (1851–1918), physician and hospital founder</li>

<li><a href="Barbara_Lezzi" title="Barbara Lezzi">Barbara Lezzi</a> (born 1972), politician, who served in the government of Italy as Minister for the South</li>

<li><a href="Marco_Materazzi" title="Marco Materazzi">Marco Materazzi</a> (born 1973), retired footballer, <a href="2006_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2006 FIFA World Cup">2006 FIFA World Cup</a> winner</li>

<li><a href="Gabriele_Poso" title="Gabriele Poso">Gabriele Poso</a> (born 1978), independent artist, musician and composer</li>

<li>Michelangelo Schipa (1854–1939), writer, historian and scholar</li>

<li><a href="Tito_Schipa" title="Tito Schipa">Tito Schipa</a> (1888–1965), tenor</li>

<li><a href="Filippo_Smaldone" title="Filippo Smaldone">Filippo Smaldone</a> (1848–1923), Catholic priest and saint</li>

<li><a href="Antonio_Verrio" title="Antonio Verrio">Antonio Verrio</a> (c. 1636–1707), painter in England</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities">Twin towns – sister cities</h2></div>

<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Italy" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy">List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy</a></div>

<p>Lecce is <a href="Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p>

<ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Spain" title="Spain"></a></span></span> <a href="Murcia" title="Murcia">Murcia</a>, Spain, since 2004</li>

<li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia"></a></span></span> <a href="Skopje" title="Skopje">Skopje</a>, North Macedonia, since 2005</li>

<li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Poland" title="Poland"></a></span></span> <a href="Ostr%C3%B3w_Wielkopolski" title="Ostrów Wielkopolski">Ostrów Wielkopolski</a>, Poland, since 2006</li>

<li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Spain" title="Spain"></a></span></span> <a href="Valladolid" title="Valladolid">Valladolid</a>, Spain, since 2009</li>

<li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="Turkey" title="Turkey"></a></span></span> <a href="Amasya" title="Amasya">Amasya</a>, <a href="Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Lecce" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lecce">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lecce</a></li>

<li><a href="Punta_San_Cataldo_di_Lecce_Lighthouse" title="Punta San Cataldo di Lecce Lighthouse">Punta San Cataldo di Lecce Lighthouse</a></li>

<li><a href="Brindisi_Airport" title="Brindisi Airport">Brindisi Airport</a></li>

<li><a href="Port_of_Brindisi" title="Port of Brindisi">Port of Brindisi</a></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div>

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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="Salentino" class="mw-redirect" title="Salentino">Salentino</a>: <i lang="scn">Lècce</i>; <a href="Griko" class="mw-redirect" title="Griko">Griko</a>: <i lang="el-Latn">Luppìu</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-L'Italia_dialettale,_1976_250_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-L'Italia_dialettale,_1976_250-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Lupiae</i>; <a href="Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">Λουπίαι</span>, <small><a href="Romanization_of_Ancient_Greek" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Ancient Greek">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Ancient Greek-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">Loupíai</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span>

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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The date given is for the <a href="Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a> named city Lupiae; dates for previous inhabitants such as the <a href="Messapians" title="Messapians">Messapians</a> and <a href="Iapyges" class="mw-redirect" title="Iapyges">Iapyges</a> are lost to history.</span>

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<li><a href="Alessano" title="Alessano">Alessano</a></li>

<li><a href="Alezio" title="Alezio">Alezio</a></li>

<li><a href="Alliste" title="Alliste">Alliste</a></li>

<li><a href="Andrano" title="Andrano">Andrano</a></li>

<li><a href="Aradeo" title="Aradeo">Aradeo</a></li>

<li><a href="Arnesano" title="Arnesano">Arnesano</a></li>

<li><a href="Bagnolo_del_Salento" title="Bagnolo del Salento">Bagnolo del Salento</a></li>

<li><a href="Botrugno" title="Botrugno">Botrugno</a></li>

<li><a href="Calimera" title="Calimera">Calimera</a></li>

<li><a href="Campi_Salentina" title="Campi Salentina">Campi Salentina</a></li>

<li><a href="Cannole" title="Cannole">Cannole</a></li>

<li><a href="Caprarica_di_Lecce" title="Caprarica di Lecce">Caprarica di Lecce</a></li>

<li><a href="Carmiano" title="Carmiano">Carmiano</a></li>

<li><a href="Carpignano_Salentino" title="Carpignano Salentino">Carpignano Salentino</a></li>

<li><a href="Casarano" title="Casarano">Casarano</a></li>

<li><a href="Castri_di_Lecce" title="Castri di Lecce">Castri di Lecce</a></li>

<li><a href="Castrignano_de'_Greci" title="Castrignano de' Greci">Castrignano de' Greci</a></li>

<li><a href="Castrignano_del_Capo" title="Castrignano del Capo">Castrignano del Capo</a></li>

<li><a href="Castro%2C_Apulia" title="Castro, Apulia">Castro</a></li>

<li><a href="Cavallino" title="Cavallino">Cavallino</a></li>

<li><a href="Collepasso" title="Collepasso">Collepasso</a></li>

<li><a href="Copertino" title="Copertino">Copertino</a></li>

<li><a href="Corigliano_d'Otranto" title="Corigliano d'Otranto">Corigliano d'Otranto</a></li>

<li><a href="Corsano" title="Corsano">Corsano</a></li>

<li><a href="Cursi" title="Cursi">Cursi</a></li>

<li><a href="Cutrofiano" title="Cutrofiano">Cutrofiano</a></li>

<li><a href="Gagliano_del_Capo" title="Gagliano del Capo">Gagliano del Capo</a></li>

<li><a href="Galatina" title="Galatina">Galatina</a></li>

<li><a href="Galatone" title="Galatone">Galatone</a></li>

<li><a href="Gallipoli%2C_Apulia" title="Gallipoli, Apulia">Gallipoli</a></li>

<li><a href="Giuggianello" title="Giuggianello">Giuggianello</a></li>

<li><a href="Giurdignano" title="Giurdignano">Giurdignano</a></li>

<li><a href="Guagnano" title="Guagnano">Guagnano</a></li>

<li><a href="Lequile" title="Lequile">Lequile</a></li>

<li><a href="Leverano" title="Leverano">Leverano</a></li>

<li><a href="Lizzanello" title="Lizzanello">Lizzanello</a></li>

<li><a href="Maglie" title="Maglie">Maglie</a></li>

<li><a href="Martano" title="Martano">Martano</a></li>

<li><a href="Martignano" title="Martignano">Martignano</a></li>

<li><a href="Matino" title="Matino">Matino</a></li>

<li><a href="Melendugno" title="Melendugno">Melendugno</a></li>

<li><a href="Melissano" title="Melissano">Melissano</a></li>

<li><a href="Melpignano" title="Melpignano">Melpignano</a></li>

<li><a href="Miggiano" title="Miggiano">Miggiano</a></li>

<li><a href="Minervino_di_Lecce" title="Minervino di Lecce">Minervino di Lecce</a></li>

<li><a href="Monteroni_di_Lecce" title="Monteroni di Lecce">Monteroni di Lecce</a></li>

<li><a href="Montesano_Salentino" title="Montesano Salentino">Montesano Salentino</a></li>

<li><a href="Morciano_di_Leuca" title="Morciano di Leuca">Morciano di Leuca</a></li>

<li><a href="Muro_Leccese" title="Muro Leccese">Muro Leccese</a></li>

<li><a href="Nard%C3%B2" title="Nardò">Nardò</a></li>

<li><a href="Neviano" title="Neviano">Neviano</a></li>

<li><a href="Nociglia" title="Nociglia">Nociglia</a></li>

<li><a href="Novoli" title="Novoli">Novoli</a></li>

<li><a href="Ortelle" title="Ortelle">Ortelle</a></li>

<li><a href="Otranto" title="Otranto">Otranto</a></li>

<li><a href="Palmariggi" title="Palmariggi">Palmariggi</a></li>

<li><a href="Parabita" title="Parabita">Parabita</a></li>

<li><a href="Poggiardo" title="Poggiardo">Poggiardo</a></li>

<li><a href="Porto_Cesareo" title="Porto Cesareo">Porto Cesareo</a></li>

<li><a href="Presicce" title="Presicce">Presicce</a></li>

<li><a href="Racale" title="Racale">Racale</a></li>

<li><a href="Ruffano" title="Ruffano">Ruffano</a></li>

<li><a href="Salice_Salentino" title="Salice Salentino">Salice Salentino</a></li>

<li><a href="Salve%2C_Apulia" title="Salve, Apulia">Salve</a></li>

<li><a href="San_Cassiano" title="San Cassiano">San Cassiano</a></li>

<li><a href="San_Cesario_di_Lecce" title="San Cesario di Lecce">San Cesario di Lecce</a></li>

<li><a href="San_Donato_di_Lecce" title="San Donato di Lecce">San Donato di Lecce</a></li>

<li><a href="San_Pietro_in_Lama" title="San Pietro in Lama">San Pietro in Lama</a></li>

<li><a href="Sanarica" title="Sanarica">Sanarica</a></li>

<li><a href="Sannicola" title="Sannicola">Sannicola</a></li>

<li><a href="Santa_Cesarea_Terme" title="Santa Cesarea Terme">Santa Cesarea Terme</a></li>

<li><a href="Scorrano" title="Scorrano">Scorrano</a></li>

<li><a href="Secl%C3%AC" title="Seclì">Seclì</a></li>

<li><a href="Sogliano_Cavour" title="Sogliano Cavour">Sogliano Cavour</a></li>

<li><a href="Soleto" title="Soleto">Soleto</a></li>

<li><a href="Specchia" title="Specchia">Specchia</a></li>

<li><a href="Spongano" title="Spongano">Spongano</a></li>

<li><a href="Squinzano" title="Squinzano">Squinzano</a></li>

<li><a href="Sternatia" title="Sternatia">Sternatia</a></li>

<li><a href="Supersano" title="Supersano">Supersano</a></li>

<li><a href="Surano" title="Surano">Surano</a></li>

<li><a href="Surbo" title="Surbo">Surbo</a></li>

<li><a href="Taurisano" title="Taurisano">Taurisano</a></li>

<li><a href="Taviano" title="Taviano">Taviano</a></li>

<li><a href="Tiggiano" title="Tiggiano">Tiggiano</a></li>

<li><a href="Trepuzzi" title="Trepuzzi">Trepuzzi</a></li>

<li><a href="Tricase" title="Tricase">Tricase</a></li>

<li><a href="Tuglie" title="Tuglie">Tuglie</a></li>

<li><a href="Ugento" title="Ugento">Ugento</a></li>

<li><a href="Uggiano_la_Chiesa" title="Uggiano la Chiesa">Uggiano la Chiesa</a></li>

<li><a href="Veglie" title="Veglie">Veglie</a></li>

<li><a href="Vernole" title="Vernole">Vernole</a></li>

<li><a href="Zollino" title="Zollino">Zollino</a></li></ul>

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