Ruffano
Sign in to saveRuffano (Salentino: ) is a town and comune in the province of Lecce, located in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Ruffano
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Ruffano
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Panorama Ruffano.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- View of Ruffano
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Ruffano-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.shield_alt
- Coat of arms of Ruffano
- Italian comune.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Italian comune.province
- (LE)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Torrepaduli
- Italian comune.mayor
- Antonio Rocco Cavallo
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 39
- Italian comune.population_total
- 9724
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 December 2010
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Ruffanesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 127
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Antony of Padua
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 73049
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0833
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Ruffano (Salentino: ) is a town and comune in the province of Lecce, located in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.
==Main sights== Mother church of Natività della Beata Maria Vergine (1706–1713) Church of Madonna del Carmine, built in the 16th century above a Byzantine cave church from the 12th century Castello Brancaccio, a castle overlooking the town (1626) Crucifix Crypt, near the boundary with Casarano Grotta della Trinità ("Trinity Grotto"), used since Neolithic times. Starting from the 9th century, it housed a community of hermit monks and in the 11th century, it was turned into a religious place, as testified by remains of Byzantine frescoes.