Apulia
Lecce
Lecce is famous for exuberant Baroque stonework, but that reputation can hide a much longer urban history. Roman Lupiae, medieval streets, Spanish-Habsburg fortification, bishops, craftsmen and twentieth-century archaeology all survive in the same centre. This guide uses eight sites to explain how the city repeatedly built new identities over older ones.
Stories in Lecce
- Roman Amphitheatre — Spectacle Beneath the Modern Square
- Roman Theatre — A Smaller Stage for a Different Audience
- Piazza Sant’Oronzo — The City Rewrites Its Own Centre
- Basilica of Santa Croce — What Lecce Stone Can Do
- Lecce Cathedral — A Bishop’s Square Turned into Theatre
- Castle of Charles V — Artillery Changes the City
- Porta Napoli — A Monumental Gate for Imperial Lecce
- MUST — Archaeology as a Modern Civic Project