Martano
Sign in to saveMartano (Griko: , translit. ; Salentino: ) is a town and comune of 9,573 inhabitants in the province of Lecce in Apulia, Italy, from Lecce and from Otranto. It is the biggest town of Grecìa Salentina, an area where some inhabitants, in addition to Italian and Salentino can also speak a greek dialect called Griko.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Martano
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Martano
- Italian comune.native_name
- Μαρτάνα/Martána (Griko)Martanu (Salentino)
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Martano - old town.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- The old city
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Martano-CoA.png
- Italian comune.shield_alt
- Coat of arms
- Italian comune.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Italian comune.province
- Lecce (LE)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- None
- Italian comune.mayor
- Fabio Tarantino
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 21
- Italian comune.population_total
- 9573
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- December 31, 2004
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Martanesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 92
- Italian comune.saint
- Saint Dominic and Our Lady of the Assumption
- Italian comune.day
- August 8 and 15
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Martano (Griko: , translit. ; Salentino: ) is a town and comune of 9,573 inhabitants in the province of Lecce in Apulia, Italy, from Lecce and from Otranto. It is the biggest town of Grecìa Salentina, an area where some inhabitants, in addition to Italian and Salentino can also speak a greek dialect called Griko.
==Sights== The main attraction is the medieval castle in the old town centre, largely rebuilt in the 15th century retaining some features of the previous century, while the biggest churches are those devoted to the Mother of the Assumption and to Madonna del Rosario. The town also owns the highest menhir in Apulia, Santu Totaru menhir, at , and an ancient Cistercians monastery devoted to the Mother of the Consolation.