Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0Things to do in Lecce
126 places selected among attractions, museums, squares and viewpoints
Lecce is a city and comune (municipality) in the region of Apulia in southern Italy, and the capital of the province of Lecce. It is on the Salentine Peninsula, at the heel of the Italian Peninsula. With a population of 94,387, it is also the largest city in the province.
Must-see in Lecce
1. ⛪ place of worship
Basilica di Santa Croce
The Basilica of the Holy Cross (Italian: Basilica di Santa Croce) is a Baroque-style church completed in 1695 in Lecce, Apulia, Italy. (Wikipedia)
2. ⛪ place of worship
Lecce Cathedral
Lecce Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Lecce; Cattedrale dell'Assunzione della Virgine) is the cathedral of the city of Lecce in Apulia, Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Lecce. (Wikipedia)
3. ⛪ place of worship
San Giovanni Battista
Church building in Lecce, Italy
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4. 👑 palace
Seminary Palace in Lecce
Palace in Lecce, Italy
5. ⛪ place of worship
Sant’Irene
Church building in Lecce, Italy
6. 👑 palace
Palazzo dei Celestini
Building in Lecce, Italy
🏛️ Museums in Lecce
Museo Ferroviario della Puglia
Museum in Lecce, Italy
Fondazione Biscozzi Rimbaud
Museo provinciale Sigismondo Castromediano
Museum in Lecce, Italy
Casa Museo Spada Antichi Strumenti Musicali
Museum for Papyrology of the University of Salento
University museum in Lecce, Italy
MUST Museo Storico di Lecce
Museum in Italy
Museo Archeologico Faggiano
Museum in Italy
🏺 Archaeological sites in Lecce
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Roman amphitheatre of Lecce
Roman amphitheatre in Lecce, Italy
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Roman Theatre of Lecce
Ancient Roman theatre in Lecce, Italy
Menhir von Ussano
🏰 Castles and fortresses in Lecce
Castle of Charles V
The Castle of Charles V (Italian: Castello Carlo Quinto), also known as the Castello di Lecce, is a historic fortress located in Lecce, Italy. (Wikipedia)
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Porta Rudiae
Building in Lecce, Italy
Porta Napoli
City gate in Lecce, Italy
Porta San Biagio
Building in Lecce, Italy
Castello di Acaya
Building in Acaya, Italy
San Cataldo lighthouse
5 mi) from Lecce on the Adriatic Sea. (Wikipedia)
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Torre Veneri
Torre
Palazzo Castromediano-Limburg
The Palazzo Castromediano-Limburg is an early-Renaissance-style palace, now museum, in the town of Cavallino, province of Lecce, Region of Apulia, Italy. (Wikipedia)
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Mura urbiche
City walls in Lecce, Italy
👑 Palaces in Lecce
Palazzo del Seggio
Palace in Lecce, Italy
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Palazzo Carafa
Palazzo in Lecce, Italy
Episcopio
Building in Lecce, Italy
Palazzo Adorno
Palazzo in Lecce, Italy
former conservatory of Sant'Anna
Former conservatory in Lecce, Italy
Palazzo baronale
Palazzo in Lizzanello, Italy
Baronial Palace, Monteroni
Monteroni di Lecce (Salentino: Muntrùni) is a town and comune in the province of Lecce, in Apulia, southern Italy. (Wikipedia)
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Palazzo Turrisi
Building in Lecce, Italy
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Palazzo Guarini
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Palazzo Marrese
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Palazzo Panzera
Palazzo in Lecce, Italy
Palazzo Tamborino Cezzi
Palazzo marchesale
Palazzo in Arnesano, Italy
Palazzo Barrile-Spinelli
⛪ Churches and places of worship in Lecce
San Matteo (Lecce)
Church
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Santa Chiara, Lecce
Church in Lecce, Italy
Santa Maria delle Grazie
Church
Chiesa del Gesù (Lecce)
Church
Sant'Angelo
Church in Lecce
Santa Teresa
Church
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Sant'Anna church
Church building in Lecce, Italy
Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli
Church in Lecce, Italy
Church of Saint John of God
Church of Lecce
Santa Maria della Provvidenza
Church
San't Antonio della Piazza (Lecce)
Church
Carmine
Church building in Lecce, Italy
Maria Santissima Assunta
Church of San Francesco of Scarpa
Church building in Lecce
Santa Elisabetta (Lecce)
Church
San Giacomo (Lecce)
Church
San Giovanni Evangelista
Church in Lecce, Italy
San Lazzaro (Lecce)
Church
Santa Maria dell'Idria
Church
Santi Niccolò e Cataldo church
Church building in Lecce, Italy
chiesa della Nova
Church building in Lecce, Italy
San Marco
Church in Lecce, Italy
Chiesa di Santa Maria del Popolo
Church building in Surbo, Italy
chiesa della Resurrezione del Signore
Basilica of St. Dominic Savio
Church in Lecce
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San Giovanni Battista
🎭 Theatres in Lecce
Teatro Apollo
Theatre in Lecce, Italy
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Teatro Paisiello
Theatre in Lecce, Italy
Teatro Comunale
Theatre in Novoli, Italy
🌳 Parks and gardens in Lecce
Botanic Garden of the University of Salento
The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Lecce (2 hectares), also known as the Orto Botanico di Lecce, is a botanical garden operated by the University of Lecce and located at Via Provinciale Lecce-Monteroni, 73100, Lecce, Apulia, Italy. (Wikipedia)
Villa Comunale
Urban park in Lecce, Italy
Nature of Lecce
Park in Lecce, Italy
⛲ Squares in Lecce
Piazza Sant'Oronzo
piazza del Duomo
Square of Lecce, Italy
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Piazzetta dei Peruzzi
Square in Lecce, Italy
Piazzetta Raimondello Orsini
Piazzetta Ignazio Falconieri
🌉 Bridges, towers and architecture in Lecce
Torre del Parco
Torre di Belloluogo
Tower in Lecce, Italy
Cimitero di Lecce
Cemetery in Lecce, Italy
Torre Chianca
The tower of Torre Chianca (fraction of Lecce)
Campanile della Cattedrale
🗿 Monuments and fountains in Lecce
Monument to the Fallen (Lecce)
Monument in Lecce, Italy
🏔️ Nature around Lecce
Riserva naturale San Cataldo
Protected area in Italy (EUAP0110)
Cesine
📍 13 km from Lecce
Le Cesine is a wetland and natural state reserve extending for 380 hectares near Lecce, in southern Italy. (Wikipedia)
Oasi naturalistica Bacino Costiero Acquatina
Nature reserve in Italy
Parco naturale regionale Costa Otranto - S.Maria di Leuca e Bosco di Tricase
📍 41 km from Lecce
Protected area in Italy (EUAP1192)
Sant'Andrea Island
📍 39 km from Lecce
Sant'Andrea Island (Italian: Isola di Sant'Andrea) is a small island near Gallipoli in the Ionian Sea. (Wikipedia)
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Parco naturale regionale Porto Selvaggio e Palude del Capitano
📍 28 km from Lecce
Protected area in Italy (EUAP1167)
Pedagne Islands
📍 36 km from Lecce
Grotta Zinzulusa
📍 44 km from Lecce
Lake of Cillarese
📍 38 km from Lecce
Riserva naturale regionale orientata Palude del Conte e Duna Costiera - Porto Cesareo
📍 29 km from Lecce
Protected area in Italy (EUAP1132)
Riserva naturale regionale orientata del Litorale Tarantino Orientale
📍 40 km from Lecce
Protected area in Italy (EUAP0577)
Porto Cesareo Marine Nature reserve
📍 26 km from Lecce
Marine nature reserve in Porto Cesareo
Parco naturale regionale Isola di S.Andrea e litorale di Punta Pizzo
📍 42 km from Lecce
Protected area in Italy (EUAP1191)
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Costa Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca
📍 40 km from Lecce
Protected area in Italy
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Isola del Campo
📍 38 km from Lecce
Island in Italy
La Poesia
📍 23 km from Lecce
Cave in Grotte costiere del Salento
Lago del Capraro
📍 15 km from Lecce
Protected area in Italy
Le Cesine
📍 14 km from Lecce
Protected area in Italy
🥾 Hiking trails near Lecce
Percorso turistico Valle della Cupa
Easy
Hiking trail
Cammino di Don Tonino - Tappa 14
Easy · 23 km · ↑ 40 m · ~5 h 45 min
Hiking trail from Torchiarolo to Lecce
Cammino di Don Tonino - Tappa 15
Easy · 28 km · ↑ 70 m · ~7 h
Hiking trail from Lecce to Galatina
Cammino di Don Tonino - Tappa 16
Easy · 29 km · ↑ 150 m · ~7 h 30 min
Hiking trail from Galatina to Ruffano
Tratturo Torre di Diso
Easy
Hiking trail
Cammino di Don Tonino - Tappa 17
Easy · 27 km · ↑ 95 m · ~7 h
Hiking trail from Ruffano to Alessano
Cammino del Salento - Via del Mare (Tappa 1)
Moderate · 24.7 km · ~6 h 15 min
Hiking trail from Lecce to San Foca
Cammino del Salento - Via del Mare (Tappa 2)
Moderate · 23.9 km · ~6 h
Hiking trail from San Foca to Otranto
Cammino del Salento - Via del Mare (Tappa 3)
Moderate · 22.6 km · ~5 h 45 min
Hiking trail from Otranto to Santa Cesarea Terme
Via Ellenica - Terra degli Ulivi (Tappa 1)
Moderate · 26.2 km · ~6 h 30 min
Hiking trail from Brindisi to Serranova
Cammino del Salento - Via del Mare (Tappa 4)
Moderate · 22.9 km · ~5 h 45 min
Hiking trail from Santa Cesarea Terme to Marina Serra
🧭 Worth seeing around Lecce
Copertino Castle
📍 14 km from Lecce
The Copertino Castle (Italian: Castello di Copertino) is a castle in Apulia, southern Italy. (Wikipedia)
Abbazia di Santa Maria a Cerrate (Lecce)
📍 12 km from Lecce
Church
Castello di Caprarica
📍 12 km from Lecce
Castle in Tricase, Italy
Parco naturale regionale Bosco e Paludi di Rauccio
📍 12 km from Lecce
Protected area in Italy (EUAP0683)
dolmen Placa
📍 16 km from Lecce
Dolmen in Melendugno, Italy
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Torre Specchia Ruggeri
📍 18 km from Lecce
Tower in Melendugno, Italy
Apigliano
📍 19 km from Lecce
Archaeological site in Martano, Italy
San Giuseppe da Copertino sanctuary
📍 14 km from Lecce
Worship place dedicate to the Copertino native saint
San Sebastiano column
📍 14 km from Lecce
Votive column in Copertino, Italy
Lido Le Cesine
📍 17 km from Lecce
Torre Specchiolla
📍 17 km from Lecce
Tower in Squinzano, Italy
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Palazzo Palmieri
📍 15 km from Lecce
Palace in Martignano, Italy
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Torre Federiciana
📍 17 km from Lecce
Photo credits
- Basilica di Santa Croce — Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lecce Cathedral — Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0
- San Giovanni Battista — Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Seminary Palace in Lecce — Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC0
- Sant’Irene — Photo: Lupiae, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Palazzo dei Celestini — Photo: Istvánka, CC BY-SA 3.0
- San Matteo (Lecce) — Photo: Lupiae at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Santa Chiara, Lecce — Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC0
- Roman amphitheatre of Lecce — Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie — Photo: Paride81 at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Chiesa del Gesù (Lecce) — Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Castle of Charles V — Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Porta Rudiae — Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC0
- Palazzo del Seggio — Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Porta Napoli — Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC0
- Sant'Angelo — Photo: Lupiae at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Santa Teresa — Photo: Colar at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Porta San Biagio — Photo: Lupiae, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Piazza Sant'Oronzo — Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sant'Anna church — Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC0
- Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli — Photo: Lupiae at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Castello di Acaya — Photo: Lupiae, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Church of Saint John of God — Photo: Colar, Public domain
- Santa Maria della Provvidenza — Photo: Diegofrigino, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Botanic Garden of the University of Salento — Photo: Fabio Ippolito, Public domain
- San't Antonio della Piazza (Lecce) — Photo: Colar, Public domain
- Carmine — Photo: Lupiae, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Roman Theatre of Lecce — Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC0
- Grotta del Cavallo — Photo: João Zilhão, Willima Banks, Francesco d’Errico F and Patrizia Gioia, CC BY 4.0
- Museo Ferroviario della Puglia — Photo: Reinhard Dietrich, CC BY 3.0
- Teatro Apollo — Photo: Questa immagine è stata scattata da Paride De Carlo ed è sotto licenza GFDL - User Paride81 on http://it.wikipedia.or…, CC BY 2.5
- Maria Santissima Assunta — Photo: Lupiae, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Church of San Francesco of Scarpa — Photo: Colar, Public domain
- Palazzo Carafa — Photo: Patrick Nouhailler's…, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Santa Elisabetta (Lecce) — Photo: Colar at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Episcopio — Photo: Marzoide88 at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- San Giacomo (Lecce) — Photo: Colar, Public domain
- San Giovanni Evangelista — Photo: Colar, Public domain
- Teatro Paisiello — Photo: Patrick Nouhailler's…, CC BY-SA 3.0
- San Lazzaro (Lecce) — Photo: Colar, Public domain
- Santa Maria dell'Idria — Photo: Colar, Public domain
- Riserva naturale San Cataldo — Photo: Chiocciolasud, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Santi Niccolò e Cataldo church — Photo: Toobaz ( http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Toobaz )., CC BY 2.5
- chiesa della Nova — Photo: Diegofrigino, CC BY-SA 4.0
- San Marco — Photo: Marzoide88 at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- San Cataldo lighthouse — Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Copertino Castle — Photo: FedericaPiccinniPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cesine — Photo: Sarabrag, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Torre del Parco — Photo: Nando 84, Public domain
- Torre di Belloluogo — Photo: Lupiae at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Chiesa di Santa Maria del Popolo — Photo: Aurora.bozzardi, CC BY-SA 3.0
- piazza del Duomo — Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Menhir von Ussano — Photo: Lupiae, Public domain
- chiesa della Resurrezione del Signore — Photo: Lupiae, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Basilica of St. Dominic Savio — Photo: Cesare_Barillà, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fondazione Biscozzi Rimbaud — Photo: Stratokumulus, CC BY-SA 3.0
- San Giovanni Battista — Photo: Giovannipiconte, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Palazzo Adorno — Photo: Chiocciolasud, CC BY-SA 3.0
- former conservatory of Sant'Anna — Photo: Daniele Leone, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Museo provinciale Sigismondo Castromediano — Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0
- Oasi naturalistica Bacino Costiero Acquatina — Photo: SebastianoColetta97, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Palazzo baronale — Photo: Lupiae, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Torre Veneri — Photo: Fabrizio Garrisi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Parco naturale regionale Costa Otranto - S.Maria di Leuca e Bosco di Tricase — Photo: Stiflele, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sant'Andrea Island — Photo: opera propria, Public domain
- Parco naturale regionale Porto Selvaggio e Palude del Capitano — Photo: Yellow.Cat from Roma, Italy, CC BY 2.0
- Pedagne Islands — Photo: OpenStreetMap, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Deer Cave — Photo: Marco Busdraghi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Grotta Zinzulusa — Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Abbazia di Santa Maria a Cerrate (Lecce) — Photo: Marzoide88 at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Castello di Caprarica — Photo: Lupiae, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Lake of Cillarese — Photo: User:brindisiniliberi, Public domain
- Riserva naturale regionale orientata Palude del Conte e Duna Costiera - Porto Cesareo — Photo: Andrea Fistetto, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Riserva naturale regionale orientata del Litorale Tarantino Orientale — Photo: Francesco Ranieri, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Porto Cesareo Marine Nature reserve — Photo: Roberto Strafella, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Parco naturale regionale Isola di S.Andrea e litorale di Punta Pizzo — Photo: Paolo Damiano Dolce, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Parco naturale regionale Bosco e Paludi di Rauccio — Photo: Cesare Barillà, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Baronial Palace, Monteroni — Photo: Lupiae, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Teatro Comunale — Photo: PietroBlu, CC BY 3.0
- Palazzo Castromediano-Limburg — Photo: Corradodickens, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Palazzo Turrisi — Photo: Sorprendere, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Villa Comunale — Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nature of Lecce — Photo: Paolo Damiano Dolce, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Torre Chianca — Photo: Florixc, CC0
- Casa Museo Spada Antichi Strumenti Musicali — Photo: Spada Francesco, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Piazzetta dei Peruzzi — Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Palazzo Guarini — Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Campanile della Cattedrale — Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Palazzo Marrese — Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Piazzetta Raimondello Orsini — Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Museum for Papyrology of the University of Salento — Photo: Alberto Buonfino, CC BY-SA 4.0
- MUST Museo Storico di Lecce — Photo: Decan, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mura urbiche — Photo: Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Museo Archeologico Faggiano — Photo: Tommasopaiano, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Palazzo Panzera — Photo: Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Monument to the Fallen (Lecce) — Photo: Skianolo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Palazzo Tamborino Cezzi — Photo: Valerialucatello, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Palazzo marchesale — Photo: Lupiae, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Piazzetta Ignazio Falconieri — Photo: Falk2, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Palazzo Barrile-Spinelli — Photo: Lupiae, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Costa Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca — Photo: Martuna.22, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Isola del Campo — Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0
- La Poesia — Photo: Psymark, CC BY-SA 4.0
- dolmen Placa — Photo: Reame, CC BY 2.5
- Lago del Capraro — Photo: Luigi Stanca, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Torre Specchia Ruggeri — Photo: Fabrizio Garrisi, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Apigliano — Photo: Freddyballo, CC BY-SA 3.0
- San Giuseppe da Copertino sanctuary — Photo: FedericaPiccinniPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0
- San Sebastiano column — Photo: FedericaPiccinniPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lido Le Cesine — Photo: barbanto, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Torre Specchiolla — Photo: Florixc, CC0
- Palazzo Palmieri — Photo: Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Le Cesine — Photo: Francesco Antonio Laporta, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Torre Federiciana — Photo: Patrub01, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Percorso turistico Valle della Cupa — Photo: Orledio, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cammino di Don Tonino - Tappa 15 — Photo: Luca Margheriti, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cammino di Don Tonino - Tappa 16 — Photo: TorselloMonica, CC BY 4.0
- Tratturo Torre di Diso — Photo: Falk2, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cammino di Don Tonino - Tappa 17 — Photo: Basileia85, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cammino del Salento - Via del Mare (Tappa 1) — Photo: Art Anderson, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cammino del Salento - Via del Mare (Tappa 2) — Photo: Gipsywriting, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cammino del Salento - Via del Mare (Tappa 3) — Photo: User:Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Via Ellenica - Terra degli Ulivi (Tappa 1) — Photo: Axadem, CC BY 4.0
- Cammino del Salento - Via del Mare (Tappa 4) — Photo: Falk2, CC BY-SA 4.0