Salento
Sign in to saveSalento (; Salentino: Salentu; Salento Griko: ) is a cultural, historical, and geographic region at the southern end of the administrative region of Apulia, in southern Italy. It is a sub-peninsula of the Italian Peninsula, sometimes described as the "heel" of the Italian "boot". It encompasses the entire administrative area of the Province of Lecce, most of the Province of Brindisi (all of it except Fasano, Ostuni and Cisternino), and the south-eastern part of the Province of Taranto (like Grottaglie and Avetrana, but not Taranto itself).
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Salento is a cultural and geographic region located at the southern tip of Apulia in Italy, often called the "heel" of the Italian peninsula's boot shape. It spans across parts of three provinces and is notable for its distinct historical and cultural identity within southern Italy.
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Byzantine and medieval era to 1480
- 1480-1815
- Risorgimento to 1900s
- Modern history
- Geography
- Cities and towns in Salento
- Culture
- Language
- Food and gastronomy
- Transportation
- Tourism
- Festivals
- Coastal towers
- See also
- References
- Sources
Salento (; Salentino: Salentu; Salento Griko: ) is a cultural, historical, and geographic region at the southern end of the administrative region of Apulia, in southern Italy. It is a sub-peninsula of the Italian Peninsula, sometimes described as the "heel" of the Italian "boot". It encompasses the entire administrative area of the Province of Lecce, most of the Province of Brindisi (all of it except Fasano, Ostuni and Cisternino), and the south-eastern part of the Province of Taranto (like Grottaglie and Avetrana, but not Taranto itself).
== Etymology == In ancient times the peninsula was named Sallentina, or Messapia. To this peninsula the term Calabria was originally applied during the ancient Roman and early Byzantine era, but since 580 the administrative scope of Calabrian province was gradually expanded towards western regions, encompassing ancient Bruttium, and thus by the 10th century the term Calabria was shifted to that region, known since then as modern Calabria.