Galatina

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Galatina-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Galatina
region = Puglia
province = Lecce (LE)
elevation_m = 78
area_total_km2 = 81
population_as_of = December 31, 2004
population_total = 27710
population_density_km2 = 347
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|40|10|N|18|10|E
frazioni = Noha, Collemeto, Santa Barbara
telephone = 0836
postalcode = 73013
gentilic = Galatinesi
saint = St. Peter and St. Paul
day = june 29
mayor = Alessandra Antonica
website = [http://www.comune.galatina.le.it www.comune.galatina.le.it]

Galatina ( _gr. Galatini) is a town in the Italian province of Lecce in Apulia.

It is situated some 21 km south of the city of Lecce.

History

Main sights

*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.
*The Baroque church of St. Peter (also known as Mother Church)
*The Pupa, a fountain in local limestone

In the neighbourhood is the small church of St. Paul. This houses a pump which, according to the tradition, was able to heal people bitten by poisonous animals (called "tarentati" in the local dialect).

Media

Magazines: Il Galatino.

Local radio stations: Radio Sole, Radio Orizzonti Activity, Radio Orizzonti Due.