Lecce [Salento's Capital]

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Lecce (about 90.000) is a city situated in the south of Italy, in the region of Apulia. It is the capital of the province with the same name also knows as "Salento".
Lecce is called "La Firenze del Sud" (The Florence of South) because of the quantity of important baroque monuments found there. The area where Lecce is located, is called Salento, another important nearby town being Otranto. It is an important agricultural and industrial centre (oil, wine, ceramic production).
The so-called "Lecce stone" is the city's main export. It is very soft and malleable, making it a renowned tool for sculpture.
According to the legend, a city called Sybar existed at the times of the War of Troy, founded by the Messapii Italic tribe. Later it was occupied by the Iapyges and conquered by the Romans in the 3rd century BCE, receiving the new name of Lupia (Wikipedia).

This group collects photos about Lecce. Old and new sides of the urban area: history, modernity, events. Please post only photos about the city of Lecce, its people and its surroundings.

In questo gruppo si vuole rappresentare Lecce nei suoi volti antico e moderno (e postmoderno?), che includono bellezze note e meno note ma anche scempi urbanistico/architettonici, non solo nelle periferie... i volti ed espressioni della vita quotidiana sono benvenuti.

Per cortesia, si prega di inviare solo foto che riguardino esclusivamente la città ed il territorio comunale di Lecce.
Sono bene accette foto della campagna o delle marine leccesi, ma se si tratta di altri centri salentini, come Otranto, Nardò o Gallipoli, siete pregati di postare nei relativi gruppi (ad esempio esiste uno sul Salento così come esistono altri su particolari comuni - es. Otranto, Soleto, etc. - e sulla Puglia in generale).



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