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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 |
*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. |
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*The Baroque church of St. Peter (also known as Mother Church), rebuilt from 1633 on a previous Greek-rite edifice. |
*The Baroque church of St. Peter (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]] |
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==Transportation== |
==Transportation== |
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Galatina has a station on the [[Ferrovie Sud-Est]] line to [[Lecce]]. Road connections |
Galatina has a station on the [[Ferrovie Sud-Est]] line to [[Lecce]]. Road connections include the SS16 Adriatica state highway (from [[Maglie]] to Lecce), the SS101 state road, also to Lecce, and the SS 613 Brindisi-Lecce highway. |
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==Energy== |
==Energy== |
Galatina
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Comune di Galatina | |
Location of Galatina | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Puglia |
Province | Lecce (LE) |
Frazioni | Noha, Collemeto, Santa Barbara |
Government | |
• Mayor | Giancarlo Coluccia |
Area | |
• Total | 81 km2 (31 sq mi) |
Elevation | 78 m (256 ft) |
Population
(2008)[2]
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• Total | 27,555 |
• Density | 340/km2 (880/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 (Greek: Galatini), known before the unification of Italy as San Pietro in Galatina,[3] is a town and comune in the Italian provinceofLecceinApulia.
Among the most important cities in Salento, it is situated some 21 km south of the city of Lecce.
In the neighbourhood is the small church of St. Paul. It houses a pump which, according to the tradition, was able to heal people bitten by poisonous animals (called tarantati in the local dialect).
Galatina has a station on the Ferrovie Sud-Est line to Lecce. Road connections include the SS16 Adriatica state highway (from Maglie to Lecce), the SS101 state road, also to Lecce, and the SS 613 Brindisi-Lecce highway.
Near Galatina there is the static inverter plant of HVDC Italy-Greece.
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