Galatina
Sign in to saveGalatina (; ; ), known before the unification of Italy as San Pietro in Galatina, is a town and (municipality) in the Province of Lecce in Apulia, southern Italy. It is situated about south of the city of Lecce.
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Galatina is a town in the Province of Lecce in the Apulia region of southern Italy, located a short distance south of the city of Lecce. Before Italy's unification, it was known as San Pietro in Galatina.
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- Apulia
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- Lecce (LE)
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- Collemeto, Noha, Santa Barbara
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- Fabio Vergine
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- Main sights
- Transportation
- Energy
- Twin towns
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Galatina (; ; ), known before the unification of Italy as San Pietro in Galatina, is a town and (municipality) in the Province of Lecce in Apulia, southern Italy. It is situated about 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. The Baroque church of San Pietro (also known as Mother Church), rebuilt from 1633 on a previous Greek-rite edifice. The Saint Paul Chapel. 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). See also Tarantism. The Pupa, a fountain in local limestone