Valle della Cupa (
English: Valley of Cupa) is an area of
Italy centered on the town of
Lecce
Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...
, including the towns of
Trepuzzi
Trepuzzi ( Salentino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy
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Novoli
Novoli (Salentino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Italian province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy.
Bounding communes
* Arnesano
*Campi Salentina
* Carmiano
*Lecce
*Trepuzzi
*Veglie
Population History
The population grew ...
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Carmiano
Carmiano (Salentino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy. Carmiano is in the heart of the province of Lecce and Salento. It is located east of the Ionian Sea (Porto Cesareo) and west of ...
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Arnesano
Arnesano (Salentino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Italian province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy
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Monteroni
Monteroni di Lecce ( Salentino: is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lecce, in Apulia, southern Italy. In 2008, it had 13,800 inhabitants. It is from Lecce, in the Salento – the historic Terra d'Otranto.
History
Probably the name ...
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San Pietro in Lama
San Pietro in Lama (Salentino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy
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Lequile
Lequile (Salentino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Italian province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It ...
and San Cesario di Lecce. Since the 15th century, the region's
aristocracy
Aristocracy (, ) is a form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocracy (class), aristocrats. The term derives from the el, αριστοκρατία (), meaning 'rule of the best'.
At t ...
has elected the area as their ideal place for countryside life and they have built numerous
villas and
mansion
A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word ''mansio'' "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb ''manere'' "to dwell". The English word '' manse'' originally defined a property l ...
s. The area is located at the heart of the
Salento peninsula
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; a massive rock of
limestone that divides the
Adriatic sea from the
Ionian sea
The Ionian Sea ( el, Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, ''Iónio Pélagos'' ; it, Mar Ionio ; al, Deti Jon ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including C ...
. The area is on the south of the Italian region of
Apulia
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Geographical, historical and cultural regions of Italy
Geography of Apulia
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