Lecce

Lecce is a city in the Apulia region of Italy. Lecce has been dubbed "the Florence of the south". Wikivoyage

Population 94,783 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Italy

• 112AnyAll emergencies
• 113PolicePolice
• 115FireFire
• 118AmbulanceAmbulance

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Italy

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Castello di Carlo V Castle · 750 m
• Museo Storico-Archeologico dell'Università del Salento Museum · 960 m
• Porta Rudiae City gate · 230 m
• Teatro Romano di Lecce Attraction · 360 m
• Porta San Biagio Attraction · 500 m
• Anfiteatro Romano di Lecce Attraction · 570 m
• Sedile Attraction · 580 m
• Colonna di Sant'Oronzo Monument · 610 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

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1. Festival del Cinema Europeo

   April

   The Lecce European Film Festival is an annual festival of European cinema held in Lecce, Italy.

   Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage; descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

• Italian 8
• Pizza 6
• Sandwich 2
• Greek 2
• Burger 2
• Kebab 1
• Puccia 1
• Seafood 1

All 55 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Parco delle Cave di Marco Vito 520 m across 700 m
• Giardini di Villa Reale 330 m across 600 m
• Parco di Belloluogo 610 m across 1.3 km
• Parco Giorgio Tafuro 470 m across 1.4 km

Getting around

• Lecce 490 m
• City Terminal Bus 1.4 km
• Surbo 3.3 km
• San Cesario di Lecce 5.1 km

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