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'''Galatina''' ({{lang-el|label=[[Griko]]|Ας Πέτρο|As Pètro}}; {{lang-scn|label=[[Salentino]]|San Pietru}}), known before the unification of Italy as '''San Pietro in Galatina''',<ref>Luigi Rossetti, [http://www.comune.galatina.le.it/citta_territorio/cenni_stor_rossetti.php ‘Cenni storici di Galatina’] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925011321/http://www.comune.galatina.le.it/citta_territorio/cenni_stor_rossetti.php |date=2009-09-25 }}, Sito ufficiale della Città di Galatina.</ref> is a town and ''[[comune]]'' in the [[Province of Lecce]] in [[Apulia]], southern [[Italy]]. It is situated about {{convert|21|km|mi}} south of the city of [[Lecce]]. |
'''Galatina''' ({{lang-el|label=[[Griko]]|[[Ας Πέτρο]]|As Pètro}}; {{lang-scn|label=[[Salentino]]|San Pietru}}), known before the unification of Italy as '''San Pietro in Galatina''',<ref>Luigi Rossetti, [http://www.comune.galatina.le.it/citta_territorio/cenni_stor_rossetti.php ‘Cenni storici di Galatina’] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925011321/http://www.comune.galatina.le.it/citta_territorio/cenni_stor_rossetti.php |date=2009-09-25 }}, Sito ufficiale della Città di Galatina.</ref> is a town and ''[[comune]]'' in the [[Province of Lecce]] in [[Apulia]], southern [[Italy]]. It is situated about {{convert|21|km|mi}} south of the city of [[Lecce]]. |
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==Main sights== |
==Main sights== |
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*The [[Romanesque architecture|late Romanesque church]] of ''Santa Caterina d'Alessandria'', built in 1390 by [[Raimondello del Balzo Orsini]], [[count]] of [[Soleto]], with a fine portal and rose window. The interior contains frescoes by [[Francesco d'Arezzo]] (1435). The [[apse]] contains the fine [[mausoleum]] of the son of the founder, a canopy supported by four columns, with his statue beneath it. |
*The [[Romanesque architecture|late Romanesque church]] of ''Santa Caterina d'Alessandria'', built in 1390 by [[Raimondello del Balzo Orsini]], [[count]] of [[Soleto]], with a fine portal and rose window. The interior contains frescoes by [[Francesco d'Arezzo]] (1435). The [[apse]] contains the fine [[mausoleum]] of the son of the founder, a canopy supported by four columns, with his statue beneath it.<ref>{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Galatina|volume=11|page=396}}</ref> |
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*The Baroque church of San Pietro (also known as Mother Church), rebuilt from 1633 on a previous Greek-rite edifice. |
*The Baroque church of San Pietro (also known as Mother Church), rebuilt from 1633 on a previous Greek-rite edifice. |
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*The ''Pupa'', a fountain in local [[limestone]] |
*The ''Pupa'', a fountain in local [[limestone]] |
Galatina
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Location of Galatina | |
Location of Galatina in Italy Show map of ItalyGalatina (Apulia) Show map of Apulia | |
Coordinates: 40°10′N 18°10′E / 40.167°N 18.167°E / 40.167; 18.167 | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Apulia |
Province | Lecce (LE) |
Frazioni | Collemeto, Noha, Santa Barbara, Aeroporto |
Government | |
• Mayor | Marcello Pasquale Amante |
Area | |
• Total | 82.65 km2 (31.91 sq mi) |
Elevation | 78 m (256 ft) |
Population
(31 December 2017)[2]
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• Total | 26,887 |
• Density | 330/km2 (840/sq mi) |
Demonym | Galatinesi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code |
73013
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Dialing code | 0836 |
Patron saint | St. Peter and St. Paul |
Saint day | 29 and 30 June |
Website | Official website |
Galatina (Griko: Ας Πέτρο, romanized: As Pètro; Salentino: San Pietru), known before the unification of Italy as San Pietro in Galatina,[3] is a town and comune in the Province of LecceinApulia, southern Italy. It is situated about 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of the city of Lecce.
In the neighbourhood is the small church of San Paolo. It houses a well which, according to tradition, was able to heal people bitten by poisonous tarantulas (those bitten are called tarantatiorpizzicati in the local dialect).
Galatina has a station on the Ferrovie Sud-Est line to Lecce. Road connections include the SS16 Adriatica state highway, the SS101 state road, also to Lecce, and the SS 613 Brindisi-Lecce highway.
Near Galatina is the static inverter plant of HVDC Italy-Greece.
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