Tricase

Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Tricase
img_coa = Tricase-Stemma.png img_coa_small = yes
region = Apulia
province = Lecce (LE)
mayor =

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image_caption=Dominican convent in Tricase.
mayor_party =
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 98
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 = 43.64
population_footnotes =
population_as_of = 2004-12-31
population_total = 17870
pop_density_footnotes =
population_density_km2 = 398
coordinates = coord|39|56|0|N|18|22|0|E|region:IT_type:city(17870)
gentilic = Tricasini
telephone = 0833
postalcode = 73039, 73030 the "frazioni"
frazioni = Depressa, Lucugnano, Tutino, Caprarica, Sant'Eufemia, Tricase porto, Marina serra
saint = San Vito
day = 15 June
mapx = #expr:39 + 56 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:18 + 22 / 60.0
locator_position =
name = Tricase


website = [http://www.comune.tricase.le.it/ www.comune.tricase.le.it]

Tricase is a town and comune in the province of Lecce, part of the Apulia region of south-east Italy. It is located in the Salento traditional region.

History

Tricase is the site of a castle and of the "Quercia Vallonea", an oak which is amongst the oldest trees in Italy, dating from the 13th century.

After World War II, a refugee camp was set up at Tricase, sometimes referred to as Tricase Porto or Tricasi displaced persons camp.

External links

*http://www.archeogr.unisi.it/repetti/dbms/sk.php?id=4220 it
*http://www.sabapuglia.it/comuni.asp?id=264 it