Galatina

Comune in Apulia, Italy

Galatina

Ας Πέτρο (Greek)
San Pietru (Sicilian)

Comune

Comune di Galatina

Location of Galatina

Galatina

Location of Galatina in Italy

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Galatina

Galatina (Apulia)

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Coordinates: 40°10′N 18°10′E﻿ / ﻿40.167°N 18.167°E﻿ / 40.167; 18.167
Country| Italy
Region| Apulia
Province| Lecce (LE)
Frazioni| Collemeto, Noha, Santa Barbara
Government

• Mayor| Fabio Vergine
Area

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• Total

| 82.65 km2 (31.91 sq mi)
Elevation

| 78 m (256 ft)
Population

(31 December 2017)[2]

• Total

| 26,887
• Density| 330/km2 (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: Ας Πέτρο, romanized: As Pètro; Salentino: San Pietru; both lit. 'Saint Peter'), known before the unification of Italy as San Pietro in Galatina,[3] is a town and comune (municipality) 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

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* 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 Saint Paul Chapel. 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). See also Tarantism.
* The Pupa, a fountain in local limestone

* Christ and 12 apostles, on the lintel of the portal of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria

* Frescoes depicting New testament scenes, inside Santa Caterina d'Alessandria

* Frescoes depicting the Seven Sacraments, on the ceiling of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria

* Portal of Galatina - Santi Pietro e Paolo

* Sculpture of an angel on the façade of Palazzo Bardoscia Lubelli Spoti (18th c.)

## Transportation

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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

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

## Twin towns

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

## Notes

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1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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 Città 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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Apulia * Comuni of the Province of Lecce

* Acquarica del Capo
* Alessano
* Alezio
* Alliste
* Andrano
* Aradeo
* Arnesano
* Bagnolo del Salento
* Botrugno
* Calimera
* Campi Salentina
* Cannole
* Caprarica di Lecce
* Carmiano
* Carpignano Salentino
* Casarano
* Castri di Lecce
* Castrignano de' Greci
* Castrignano del Capo
* Castro
* Cavallino
* Collepasso
* Copertino
* Corigliano d'Otranto
* Corsano
* Cursi
* Cutrofiano
* Diso
* Gagliano del Capo
* Galatina
* Galatone
* Gallipoli
* Giuggianello
* Giurdignano
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* Lecce
* Lequile
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* Morciano di Leuca
* Muro Leccese
* Nardò
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* Ortelle
* Otranto
* Palmariggi
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* Poggiardo
* Porto Cesareo
* Presicce
* Racale
* Ruffano
* Salice Salentino
* Salve
* San Cassiano
* San Cesario di Lecce
* San Donato di Lecce
* San Pietro in Lama
* Sanarica
* Sannicola
* Santa Cesarea Terme
* Scorrano
* Seclì
* Sogliano Cavour
* Soleto
* Specchia
* Spongano
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* Sternatia
* Supersano
* Surano
* Surbo
* Taurisano
* Taviano
* Tiggiano
* Trepuzzi
* Tricase
* Tuglie
* Ugento
* Uggiano la Chiesa
* Veglie
* Vernole
* Zollino

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