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Pieve

Frescoes of the Basilica of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria in Galatina

Galatina (LE)

The basilica of Galatina holds one of the most extensive and best preserved early-fifteenth-century fresco cycles in southern Italy, often overlooked by the main tourist circuits.

Tradizione

Traditional craftsmanship in the villages of inland Salento

Lecce (LE)

The Salento hinterland preserves a network of small villages where local artisans hand down manual techniques tied to the territory's materials, from pietra leccese to cartapesta, in a community context still very much alive.

Frazione

Campomarino di Maruggio

Maruggio (TA)

Coastal hamlet of Maruggio, in Ionian Salento, reached from the old Templar and chivalric village. A stretch of coast still little affected by mass tourism, suited to those seeking the Puglia sea beyond the busiest circuits.

Borgo

Ceglie Messapica — town of the Messapians

Ceglie Messapica (BR)

An ancient Messapian town in the heart of the Valle d'Itria, Ceglie Messapica preserves a historic centre of arches and white squares that speaks of cultural layers from the Iron Age to the Baroque. A town shaped by deep-rooted culinary and artisan traditions.

Borgo

Celle San Vito and the Franco-Provençal Language

Celle San Vito (FG)

A small village in the Monti Dauni, the least populous in Puglia, home to a rare Franco-Provençal language variant introduced by the Angevins in the Middle Ages. Its cultural and culinary context reflects a borderland identity unique within Puglia.

Borgo

Corigliano d'Otranto

Corigliano d'Otranto (LE)

A Salento village inland between the two seas, with squares marked by large clocks and slow rhythms of life offering an authentic alternative to the crowded coast.