Cammino del Salento Via dei Borghi: Points of interest

Cultural and natural places linked to this walk in the Appy catalogue. Check each location and description to plan your visit.

• Monastero degli Olivetani

  Monastery in Romanesque style, in Lecce, Italy.

• Torre dell'Omomorto

  Tower in Renaissance style, in Castrignano del Capo, Italy.

• Monastero dei Carmelitani

  A Baroque convent of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, grouped around a square cloister of round arches with a loggia above.

• Monastero dei Teatini

  Monastery of the Theatines. Monastery in baroque style, in Lecce, Italy.

• Lecce

  Historic village, in province of Lecce, Italy, at 49 m elevation, covering 241.0 km².

• Castle of Charles V

  A fortress ordered in 1539 by Emperor Charles V to replace a medieval stronghold, designed by Gian Giacomo dell'Acaya with the outer works finished by 1549.

• Palazzo dei Celestini

  Palace in baroque style, in Lecce, Italy.

• Museum Vito Mele

  21st-century museum, in Castrignano del Capo, Italy.

• Castello di Corsano

  Castle of Corsano. Castle, in Corsano, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Torre di Belloluogo

  Tower in Renaissance style, in Lecce, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Torre Nasparo

  Tower in Renaissance style, in Tiggiano, Italy.

• Torre Palane

  Tower in Renaissance style, in Marina Serra, Italy.

• Santa Maria della Porta

  19th-century church in Neoclassicism style, in Lecce, Italy.

• Chiesa della Nova

  18th-century church in Rococo style, in Lecce, Italy.

• Church of Saint John of God

  18th-century church in barocco leccese style, in Lecce, Italy.

• Sant’Irene

  16th-century church in baroque style, designed by Francesco Grimaldi, in Lecce, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.

• Torre del Parco

  15th-century tower in Renaissance style, in Lecce, Italy.

• Santa Maria della Provvidenza

  18th-century church in baroque style, in Lecce, Italy.

• Sant'Angelo

  17th-century church in baroque Lecce style, in Lecce, Italy.

• San Giovanni Evangelista

  18th-century church in Romanesque style, dedicated to John the Evangelist, in Lecce, Italy.

• Chiesa del Gesù (Lecce)

  Church in baroque style, in Lecce, Italy.

• Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli

  Church in Renaissance style, in Lecce, Italy.

• Lecce

  The city of Lecce, provincial capital located in the North Salento area, at the center of a large karst depression called Valle della Cupa, is characterized by a radial urban layout that extends…

• Torre, difensiva, Torre Omomorto

  Located in the municipality of Castrignano del Capo, in the district of Santa Maria di Leuca, the tower rises about 50 meters from the sea at an altitude of about 11 meters.

• Tiggiano

  It is set on the road that connects Tricase to Santa Maria di Leuca, which crosses the inhabited area from north to south. Its internal connections are pedestrian and vehicular.

• Corsano

  Coastal center, located in the plain and of probable medieval origin.

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