Galatina
Galatina, known before the unification of Italy as San Pietro in Galatina, is a town and comune in the Province of Lecce in Apulia, southern Italy. It is situated about south of the city of Lecce.
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. 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 San Pietro, 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. See also Tarantism.
- The Pupa, a fountain in local limestone
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