Cavallino (
Salentino
Salentino () is a dialect of the Extreme Southern Italian ( in Italian) spoken in the Salento peninsula, which is the southern part of the region of Apulia at the southern "heel" of the Italian peninsula.
Overview
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comune'' in the
province of Lecce in the
Apulia
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region of south-east
Italy.
Main sights
*Mother church (''Chiesa madre''), built from 1630. It has a
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
-style exterior and a
Latin cross plan.
*
Dominican church and convent
*Pit of St. Dominic (1633)
*Ducal Castle (late 15th century)
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Menhir of Ussano
References
Cities and towns in Apulia
Localities of Salento
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