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Martignano (Griko: , translit. ) is a small town and comune of 1,770 inhabitants in the province of Lecce in Apulia, Italy. It is part of Salento and is one of the nine towns of Grecìa Salentina, an area where the Greek dialect Griko is spoken.

Key facts

Italian comune.name
Martignano
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Martignano
Italian comune.native_name
Μαρτυνιάνα/Martignàna (Griko)
Italian comune.image_skyline
Martignano (LE) - piazza.JPG
Italian comune.image_caption
Piazza Palmieri at Martignano
Italian comune.image_shield
Martignano-Stemma.png
Italian comune.shield_alt
Coat of arms
Italian comune.pushpin_label_position
left
Italian comune.province
(LE)
Italian comune.mayor
Luigi Sergio
Italian comune.area_total_km2
6
Italian comune.population_total
1784
Italian comune.population_as_of
November 2008
Italian comune.population_demonym
Martignanesi
Italian comune.elevation_m
99
Italian comune.saint
San Pantaleone
Italian comune.day
26–27 July
Italian comune.postal_code
73020

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Martignano (Griko: , translit. ) is a small town and comune of 1,770 inhabitants in the province of Lecce in Apulia, Italy. It is part of Salento and is one of the nine towns of Grecìa Salentina, an area where the Greek dialect Griko is spoken.

==Famous people== Marquess Giuseppe Palmieri (Martignano, 1721 – Naples, 1793) was one of the most important figures of the Enlightenment in Southern Italy.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Martignano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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