The first place to visit in Salento should be the splendid city of Lecce, with its gourgeous churches and cathedrals in Baroque style and the many shops in the historic center of papier maker .
Otranto, the city of martyrs In the center of Otranto, is it still possible to see on the sides of the gates of the palaces of nobility the fire balls that the Saracens were firing from ships to the city under siege.
Gallipoli, the beautiful city of ancient origin enclosed by a bridge over a small island that made it impregnable with its thousands of underground mills and confraternities
Santa Maria di Leuca, the southernmost city in Apulia, which is the meeting of two seas . Important to the Basilica of Our Lady of Leuca and finally Castro the place where the travelers from around the Mediterranean stops .
Places of natural interest
Conca Specchiulla Beach, Sandy Bay Bear's Torre dei Turchi Otranto Bay in Santa Cesarea Terme olive groves in the countryside of San Vito dei Normans.
The coasts of Salento
The costs are wide and sandy, especially on the Ionian Sea, with waters characterized by a rare transparency and colors .. Among the best known beaches are those beaches Ugento, Torre Bear, Porto Cesareo, Gallipoli, Santa Maria di Leuca and Otranto, and as for the rocky beaches, among the most significant merit mention Castro, Santa Cesarea Terme and Porto Badisco.
Karst Caves
The caves are open along the east coast, nestled in the steep cliffs leading from Santa Maria di Leuca to Punta Palasca (Otranto). These natural karst formations at the Castro, are of substantial development in the Cave Zinzulusa it is the most significant example, and inside which were found several pictograms and palaeontological findings, which together with those of nearby Grotta Romanelli are most guarded and exhibited in the museum of jerseys.
Olive groves
The expanses of olive trees in the countryside, have been included in the 2007 list of 100 sites to be saved by the Italian Environment Fund Italian.
Oasis protected Lakes Alimini
The oasis is one of the most precious natural places of Salento, an ecosystem that is home to several species of plants and animals and constitute a "Special Protection Area. Among the major places of honor Alimini oasis of lakes, is to be reported on the coast Bay of Turks
The Park of Gesine
The name of the park derives from the "Gesine", marshy ponds on the Adriatic coast, is a wetland formed from ponds Salapia and Pantano Grande, fed by rain and separated from the sea by sand dunes.
The Park of Porto Selvaggio and Captain Marsh
The park, established in 2006, includes both the area of natural park facilities (established in 1980) and Marsh (classified as a natural area in 1997). The coast is rocky and indented, and characterized by pine forests and Mediterranean scrub. Along the coast are located the fascinating Tower of Upper and Tower Uluzzo.
The Island of St. Andrew
The island, on the Ionian coast, covers about five acres and is just over a mile from the old town of Gallipoli. It is completely flat and its maximum height shall not exceed three meters. This feature, which brings the island to be swept by waves in case of strong wind, making it unsuitable to host a rich flora
Park Costa Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca and Wood Tricase
The park is also the area where the lighthouse stands at Punta Palascia, easternmost point of Italy. The establishment of the protected area, located along the east coast of Salento (high coast overlooking the sea), aims to conserve and recover the animal and plant species, protect the values and historical and architectural heritage, increase and improve the surface ecological features of natural environments.
The Basilica of Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Galatina and the Basilica of Santa Croce and Palazzo dei Celestini in Lecce.
The Byzantine crypts. Many churches are painted with religious carvings in medieval times, ancient places of worship derived in natural caves, according to tradition by Byzantine monks from the East, but often there are no clear data for such an eventuality, whose vaults and walls are covered with paintings in Byzantine style. Remarkable is the example of the crypt of Santa Cristina in Carpignano Salentino dated 959 and painted by Theophylact. Extensive notes are also those, a fraction of Poggiardo, the grotto of St. Blaise in San Vito dei Normans, that of the Crucifix near Casarano and the crypt of the Annunciation in the territory of Lizzano.
Medieval fortifications and watchtowers
There are numerous coastal lookout towers built since the fifteenth century along the coasts, with the aim of spotting and defend themselves in time from the Saracen enemy fleets from the East. Numerous castles and farms that stand out for the territory, in towns and cities.
The historic center of Lecce
The historic center of Lecce, locked in the ancient walls punctuated by the architect of Charles V, Rudiae Porta and Porta San Biagio, is rich in works of art, among which we point out some wonderful examples of Baroque present, the Piazza del Cathedral, the Basilica of Santa Croce and the Palazzo dei Celestini, the Church of St. John the Baptist and St. Matthew and the majestic ruins of the theater and, both the Roman era. Stands stern instead of Charles V Castle, near Piazza Sant'Oronzo.
Chief of Leuca and its villages
Of considerable interest are the noble palaces, narrow streets and white baroque churches not far from the sea of Capo di Leuca countries. Among these, the town of Specchia is listed the hundred most beautiful villages in Italy. The villas in Salento eclectic eclectic style is a form of mannerism architectural widespread during the Belle Epoque, whose testimonies are found mainly in Leuca, Santa Caterina di Nardo and Lecce.
Among the notable prehistoric remains are the mirror (the ancient stone circles made by dry running of large stone blocks), dolmens (megalithic tombs in prehistoric single room), the standing stones (megaliths erected usually monolithic stone age
The area of the necropolis at messapica Manduria
The area remains attractive messapici on graves of various periods, a moat, a double ring of walls and ruins of some ancient city streets.
The museum of Cavallino
Covering an area of 45 hectares which was found a settlement messapico Archaic period where the activities in the educational field for students of Archeology, University of Salento and other Italian and European universities.
The archaeological site of Roca messapica
It was brought to light the ancient walled city of Old Roca sort on an earlier prehistoric site. On the walls of the Posia small sea cave were found messapica and inscriptions in Latin, as well as prehistoric |  |  | | Dome Square in Lecce | | |  | | Sea of Castro | | |  | Colors in the little towns
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