Giurdignano
Sign in to saveGiurdignano is a town and comune in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Giurdignano
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Giurdignano
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Giurdignano Menhir San Paolo.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- San Paolo standing stone
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Giurdignano-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.shield_size
- px
- Italian comune.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Italian comune.region
- Apulia
- Italian comune.province
- Lecce (LE)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Monica Laura Gravante
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 4.04
- Italian comune.population_total
- 1941
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 August 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Giurdignanesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 78
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Roch
- Italian comune.day
- August 17
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 73020
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Giurdignano is a town and comune in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy.
==History== The human presence in the area of Giurdignano dates to as early as the Bronze Age, as testified by the presence of numerous menhirs and dolmens. Later it was conquered by the Romans (archaeological findings include a 2nd-3rd century AD necropolis).