Leporano ( Salentino: ) is a town and ''

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 Taranto, in the Apulia region of southeast

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. The municipality of Leporano is a little maritime town at the Ionian Sea. The noble family of the princes of Leporano is named after the town.

Main sights

Sights include the fortress Castello Muscettola, the Saturo watch tower and the port of Pirrone.

People

* Pino De Vittorio, singer, actor *

Emidio Greco Emidio Greco (20 October 1938 – 22 December 2012) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, best known for the 1974 film '' Morel's Invention''. Life and career Born in Leporano, in the province of Taranto, Greco moved in Turin as ...

, director * Cosimo Damiano Lanza, pianist, harpsichordist, composer *

Carlo Veneziani Carlo Veneziani (July 12, 1882 – January 17, 1950) was an Italian playwright and screenwriter. He wrote the comedy play '' The Ancestor''Estavan & Burgess, p. 101 which was later adapted into a film of the same title. Born at Leporano in so ...

, director * Jole Veneziani, stylist

References

External links

Comune di Leporano

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