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Alezio
Alezio (; ) is a town and comune in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Alezio
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Alezio
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Chiesa_di_Santa_Maria_della_Lizza.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Shrine of Our Lady of the Lizza
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Alezio-Stemma.gif
- Italian comune.shield_alt
- Coat of arms
- Italian comune.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Italian comune.region
- Apulia
- Italian comune.province
- Lecce (LE)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Andrea Barone
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 16
- Italian comune.population_total
- 5695
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- History
- Alezio DOC
- Main sights
- Transportation
- References
Alezio (; ) is a town and comune in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy.
==History== Alezio (despite legend assigning its foundation to a king of Crete) was a centre of the Messapi, who would call it Alytia like their former capital in Acarnania. According to Pliny the Elder, the Aletines descended instead from the Iapyges, who descended by the Oscans. It is mentioned as Baletium in the Peutingerian Table (4th century AD). It was a stop on the Via Traiana, who connected ancient Apulia to Rome.
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