Marina Salve (source: Visual Puglia )
The beach is lapped by the crystal clear blue waters of the Ionian Sea. Sandy dunes are dotted with lush vegetation, trees and lilies. Lazy afternoons stretch into evenings filled with excitement. This is why Pescolouse is considered of the most beautiful and desirable areas in Salento. The interior territory of Pescoluse is also a place to explore, filled with karstic caves and famous dolmen. The extensive stretches of sand at Posto Vecchio and Torre Pali, adjacent to Torre Vado, were the first summer marina to be colonized and inhabited. This is where the Salento’s prized treasure begins, with crystal clear waters and fine, golden sand. This is where fresh water springs bubble up from the sea bed, where travelers go to immerse themselves in tiny cool pools of water and emerge refreshed and renewed. The name ‘La Cabina’ cannot be found on maps. A marina between Pescoluse and Torre Pali, its fine, white stretches of sand are like those of exotic beaches touched by only the most vast and uncontaminated waters. Looking inland are the picturesque ruins of the estates of Valentini and Don Cesare, set off by the Muntani hill, and, in the direction of Pescoluse, the Argentina Dolmen. The “Pali" towers, rising up from the sea, are located about 15 km from Santa Maria di Leuca. They were once watchtowers for sighting Turkish ships and sending out quick warnings to the entire Salentine territory by lighting signal fires. This tower gave the city’s marina its name; it was previously called Marina Sant’Antonio after the little Church at the entrance to the village. The little marina has a small port for bringing in tourists. The “Lido Marini” seaside resort is located partially in the Salve territory, with a rocky coast punctuated by inlets of fine white sand, attracting the most discerning bathers.
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Sun, sea, wind. Nature strikes in the first place, when one gets to this land stretch in balance between two seas. Salento has its core in the province of Lecce, - a Baroque Florence in Southern Italy – and reaches the provinces of Brindisi over the Adriatic Sea, and Taranto on the Ionian Sea side. The cities and inland towns expressions of the unique Lecce Baroque with Messapi and Salento Grecìa can still be seen. Its language, songs and feasts still show the culture of Graecia Magna. Surf, kite-surf and windsurf lovers never miss the beaches facing the Alimini lakes, while scuba diving fans just have to choose among the several equipped centers and charming sea beds of the Ionian coast as well as of the area between Otranto and Santa Maria di Leuca.
Church and hermitage of Santa Maria of the Angels - Scorrano
Lighthouse and aqueduct - Santa Maria di Leuca
Salento coast is characterized by a high variety in landscapes: the clear, fine sand beaches of Santa Cesarea seafront; famous caves such as Castro cave with its Grotta Romanelli, one of the most important Italian prehistoric settlements, and Grotta Zinzulusa, 'the pearl of caves', owing its name to the dialect word 'zinzuli', ('rags'), used by fishermen to indicate its beautiful stalactites and stalagmites
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Baroque style affirmed in Apulia during Counter-Reformation upon the will of Roman Church. A way of exalting Catholic symbols, Lecce and Nardò Baroque has its own characteristics that make it different from the same artistic style in other regions. Its peculiarities derive from the use of amber-colored Lecce stone as well as decorations used to mask the structures on which they are mounted
In Southern Apulia, at the heart of Salento, nine municipalities united to save what is still left of the ancient Grika culture. In this area of Salento there can still be found traces of Graecia Magna Grika language spoken in the Basilian convents dismantled after the council of Trent
Project created in collaboration with InnovaPuglia.
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