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Specchia
Sign in to saveSpecchia is a town and comune in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. Located 53 km south of the province's capital, Specchia is nestled atop the Serra Magnone, one of the highest points in lower Salento. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
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Vinony's link graph records 112 inbound references to Specchia, and connects out to Italy, Poland and Hungary.
The entry is geolocated on the map in IT, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Borghi più belli d'Italia, Cities and towns in Apulia and Localities of Salento.
Vinony links it to 48 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Specchia
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Specchia
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Palazzo Risolo Specchia.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Palazzo Risolo
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Specchia-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.shield_alt
- Coat of arms of Specchia
- Italian comune.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Italian comune.province
- (LE)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Antonio Biasco
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 24.74
- Italian comune.population_total
- 4912
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 December 2010
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Specchiesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 131
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Nicholas of Bari
- Italian comune.day
- Second Sunday in May
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 73040
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0833
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Specchia
- Demonym
- specchiesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- province of Lecce
- Population
- 4569
- Area
- 25.1
- Elevation
- 131
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Alessano
- Official website
- www.comune.specchia.lecce.it
- Image
- Palazzo Risolo Specchia.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0833
- Licence plate code
- LE
- Patron saint
- Saint Nicholas
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- twinned administrative body
- Steinheim
- Commons category
- Specchia
- postal code
- 73040
- P11012
- Émile Boutroux
- member of
- The most beautiful villages in Italy
- has certification
- Bandiera arancione
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Main sights
- Sport
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- International relations
- References
- External links
Specchia is a town and comune in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. Located 53 km south of the province's capital, Specchia is nestled atop the Serra Magnone, one of the highest points in lower Salento. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
==Main sights== Mother Church (15th century) Church of the Francescani Neri (early 16th century) Baroque church of Assunta Church of San Nicola di Mira, founded in the 11th century but largely rebuilt in the 16th century, when it was converted to the Latin Church from the Byzantine one Church of Santa Eufemia (9th-10th century) Dominican church and convent Palazzo Risolo (16th century), occupying the former site of the medieval castle Palazzo Ripa (17th century)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Specchia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations