Galatina

Galatina

Α? Π?τρο ( Greek )
*San Pietru* ( Sicilian )
Galatina Α? Π?τρο ( Greek ) ; San Pietru ( Sicilian )
Comune
	Comune di Galatina
	Location of Galatina
	Galatina Location of Galatina in Italy Galatina Galatina (Apulia)
	Coordinates: 40°10′N 18°10′E / 40.167°N 18.167°E
Country	Italy
Region	Apulia
Province	Lecce (LE)
Frazioni	Collemeto, Noha, Santa Barbara, Aeroporto
Government
? Mayor	Marcello Pasquale Amante
Area
? Total	82.65 km 2 (31.91 sq mi)
Elevation	78 m (256 ft)
Population (31 December 2017)
? Total	26,887
? Density	330/km 2 (840/sq mi)
Demonym	Galatinesi
Time zone	UTC+1 ( CET )
? Summer ( DST )	UTC+2 ( CEST )
Postal code	73013
Dialing code	0836
Patron saint	St. Peter and St. Paul
Saint day	29 and 30 June
Website	Official website

Galatina ( Griko : Α? Π?τρο , romanized : As Petro ; Salentino : San Pietru ), known before the unification of Italy as San Pietro in Galatina , ^[3] is a town and comune in the Province of Lecce in Apulia , southern Italy . It is situated about 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of the city of Lecce .

Main sights [ edit ]

The late Romanesque church of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria , built in 1390 by Raimondello del Balzo Orsini , count of Soleto , with a fine portal and rose window. The interior contains frescoes by Francesco d'Arezzo (1435). The apse contains the fine mausoleum of the son of the founder, a canopy supported by four columns, with his statue beneath it. ^[4]
The Baroque church of San Pietro (also known as Mother Church), rebuilt from 1633 on a previous Greek-rite edifice.
The Pupa , a fountain in local limestone

In the neighbourhood is the small church of San Paolo. It houses a well which, according to tradition, was able to heal people bitten by poisonous tarantulas (those bitten are called tarantati or pizzicati in the local dialect).

Transportation [ edit ]

Galatina has a station on the Ferrovie Sud-Est line to Lecce . Road connections include the SS16 Adriatica state highway, the SS101 state road, also to Lecce, and the SS 613 Brindisi-Lecce highway.

Energy [ edit ]

Near Galatina is the static inverter plant of HVDC Italy-Greece .

Twin towns [ edit ]

Novi Grad , Bosnia-Herzegovina, since 1997
Sapes , Greece, since 1999

Notes [ edit ]

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011" . Italian National Institute of Statistics . Retrieved 16 March 2019 .
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018" . Italian National Institute of Statistics . Retrieved 16 March 2019 .
^ Luigi Rossetti, ‘Cenni storici di Galatina’ Archived 2009-09-25 at the Wayback Machine , Sito ufficiale della Citta di Galatina.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). " Galatina ". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 396.

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[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v11-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011" . Italian National Institute of Statistics . Retrieved 16 March 2019 .

[wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v11-2] "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018" . Italian National Institute of Statistics . Retrieved 16 March 2019 .

[3] Luigi Rossetti, ‘Cenni storici di Galatina’ Archived 2009-09-25 at the Wayback Machine , Sito ufficiale della Citta di Galatina.

[4] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). " Galatina ". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 396.

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