Latiano ( Brindisino: ; Leccese: ) is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' in the

province of Brindisi The Province of Brindisi ( it, Provincia di Brindisi) is a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Brindisi. It has an area of and a total population of 401,652 (2013). Geography The Province of Brindisi is situated in ...

in Apulia, on the southeast coast of

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. Its main economic activities are tourism and the growing of olives and grapes.

Bartolo Longo Bartolo Longo (February 10, 1841 – October 5, 1926) was an Italian lawyer who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. He was a former Satanic priest who returned to the Catholic faith and became a third order Dominican, dedicating h ...

was a native of Latiano.

Main sights

*Castle, or Palazzo Imperiali, built in the 12th century, but rebuilt several times until the current 18th-century appearance *Mother Church or ''Santa Maria della Neve'', restored in Baroque style in 1778. *Solise Tower *''Museo del Sottosuolo'' (Museum of the Underground), founded in 1973

Twin towns

* Pompei, Italy, since 1980

References

Cities and towns in Apulia Localities of Salento {{Puglia-geo-stub