Galatone
Sign in to saveGalatone (; ) is a town and (municipality) of Salento, southern Italy, administratively in the province of Lecce, Apulia. It is the former seat of the Marquess of Galatone. Its territory includes a stretch of coast overlooking the Ionian Sea, in the localities of La Reggia and Montagna Spaccata. It is one of the most populous towns of the province where the Greek dialect Griko is spoken.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Galatone
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Galatone
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Porta San Sebastiano, Galatone, Italia.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Porta San Sebastiano, built in 1748, is the main gate to the old town.
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Galatone-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.image_map
- Map of comune of Galatone (province of Lecce, region Apulia, Italy).svg
- Italian comune.map_caption
- Galatone within the Province of Lecce
- Italian comune.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Italian comune.province
- (LE)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Flavio Filoni
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 47.08
- Italian comune.population_total
- 15528
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 August 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Galatonesi or Galatei
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 58
- Italian comune.saint
- Saint Sebastian
- Italian comune.day
- 20 January
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 73044
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Galatone (; ) is a town and (municipality) of Salento, southern Italy, administratively in the province of Lecce, Apulia. It is the former seat of the Marquess of Galatone. Its territory includes a stretch of coast overlooking the Ionian Sea, in the localities of La Reggia and Montagna Spaccata. It is one of the most populous towns of the province where the Greek dialect Griko is spoken.
==History== In the Middle Ages, Galatone was a Greek center: the Greek language was spoken and Byzantine rites were celebrated in churches up to the end of the 14th century. Greek scholar Antonio de Ferraris ("il Galateo") was born here during the Renaissance, and was author of an important historical and geographical study of the Salentine peninsula.