Galatina

Galatina
Comune
Comune di Galatina
Galatina
Location of Galatina in Italy
Coordinates: 40°10′N 18°10′E / 40.167°N 18.167°E / 40.167; 18.167Coordinates: 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)
 • Total 26,887
 • Density 330/km2 (840/sq mi)
Demonym(s) 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 (Griko: Ας Πέτρο, As Pètro; Salentino: San Pietru), known before the unification of Italy as San Pietro in Galatina,[1] is a town and comune in the Province of Lecce in Apulia, southern Italy.

Among the most important cities in Salento, it is situated some 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of the city of Lecce.

Main sights

  • The 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 Baroque church of San Pietro (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 San Paolo. It houses a well which, according to tradition, was able to heal people bitten by poisonous tarantulas (those bitten are called tarantati or pizzicati 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, the SS101 state road, also to Lecce, and the SS 613 Brindisi-Lecce highway.

Energy

Near Galatina there is the static inverter plant of HVDC Italy-Greece.

Twin towns

Notes

  1. ↑ Luigi Rossetti, ‘Cenni storici di Galatina’ Archived 2009-09-25 at the Wayback Machine., Sito ufficiale della Città di Galatina.


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