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Galatina
Comune
Comune di Galatina
Location of Galatina
Country	Italy
Region	Puglia
Province	Lecce (LE)
Frazioni	Noha, Collemeto, Santa Barbara
Government
• Mayor	Cosimo Montagna
Area ^[1]
• Total	81 km² (31 sq mi)
Elevation	78 m (256 ft)
Population (2008)^[2]
• Total	27,555
• Density	340/km² (880/sq mi)
Demonym	Galatinesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	73013
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.

Main sights

The late Romanesque churchofSanta Caterina d'Alessandria, built in 1390 by Raimondello del Balzo Orsini, countofSoleto, 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 Baroque church of St. Peter (also known as Mother Church), rebuilt from 1633 on a previous Greek-rite edifice.
The Pupa, a fountain in local limestone

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).

Transportation

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.