Specchia
Sign in to saveSpecchia is a town and comune in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. Located 53 km south of the province's capital, Specchia is nestled atop the Serra Magnone, one of the highest points in lower Salento. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Specchia
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Specchia
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Palazzo Risolo Specchia.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Palazzo Risolo
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Specchia-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.shield_alt
- Coat of arms of Specchia
- Italian comune.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Italian comune.province
- (LE)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Antonio Biasco
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 24.74
- Italian comune.population_total
- 4912
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 December 2010
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Specchiesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 131
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Nicholas of Bari
- Italian comune.day
- Second Sunday in May
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 73040
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0833
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Specchia is a town and comune in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. Located 53 km south of the province's capital, Specchia is nestled atop the Serra Magnone, one of the highest points in lower Salento. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
==Main sights== Mother Church (15th century) Church of the Francescani Neri (early 16th century) Baroque church of Assunta Church of San Nicola di Mira, founded in the 11th century but largely rebuilt in the 16th century, when it was converted to the Latin Church from the Byzantine one Church of Santa Eufemia (9th-10th century) Dominican church and convent Palazzo Risolo (16th century), occupying the former site of the medieval castle Palazzo Ripa (17th century)