Lecce

Lecce
Comune
Comune di Lecce
Tap left:Kirk o Santa Croce, Tap richt:Lecce Teatro Romano, Bottom left:Lecce Porta Napoli in Universita Street, Bottom middle:Saunt Giovanni Cathedral in Perroni aurie, Bottom right:Lecce Cathedral in Duomo Square
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Lecce Location o Lecce in Italy
Coordinates: 40°21′N 18°10′E / 40.350°N 18.167°E / 40.350; 18.167
Kintra	Italy
Region	Apulie
Province	Lecce (LE)
Foondit	200s BC[1]
Govrenment
• Mayor	Paolo Perrone (PdL)
Area
• Total	398 km2 (154 sq mi)
Elevation	49 m (161 ft)
Population  (31 Januar 2011)
• Total	95,764
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Leccesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	73100
Diallin code	0832
Patron saunt	Orontius
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Lecce (Italian: [ˈlettʃe] ( listen), Griko: Luppìu, Laitin: Lupiae, Ancient Greek: Ἀλήσιον) is a historic ceety o 95,200 indwallers in soothren Italy, the caipital o the province o Lecce, the seicont province in the region bi population, as well as ane o the maist important ceeties o Puglia. It is the main ceety o the Salentine Peninsula, a sub-peninsula at the heel o the Italian Peninsula an is ower 2,000 year auld.

Acause o the rich Baroque airchitectural monuments foond in the ceety, Lecce is commonly nicknamed^[2] "The Florence o the Sooth". The ceety an aa haes a lang tradeetional affinity wit Greek cultur gangin back tae its foondation; the Messapii who foondit the ceety are said tae hae been Cretans in Greek records.^[3] Tae this day, in the Grecìa Salentina, a group o touns nae far frae Lecce, the griko leid is still spoken.

In terms o industry the "Lecce stane" is the ceety's main export, acause it is very saft an malleable, thus suitable for sculpturs. Lecce stane is a kind o limestane.^[4] Lecce is an aa an important agricultural centre, chiefly for its olive ile an wine production, as well as an industrial centre specialisin in ceramic production.

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• Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland, syne 2006
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