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Lecce · Puglia (Apulia)
Things to see in Salve
In Salve the atlas lists 2 historic places: 1 fortress or tower and 1 archaeological site.
For most of these places we don’t have verified opening hours yet: always check the official website before you go.
Don’t miss: Torre Pali, The tower of Torre Pali city.
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- 4,485inhabitants
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The town
Salve is a town of 4,500 inhabitants in the Apulia region in Italy. Its territory comprises 7 km (4.5 mi) of sandy coastline on the Ionian Sea. The village has traces of an old Castle (now transformed into houses) which resisted several Turkish sieges.
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2 places
Fortresses and towers 1
Archaeological sites 1
Getting there
By plane: The closest airport is in Brindisi (BDS IATA), 120 km away. From here you can reach Salve by renting a car or through the various bus shuttle services.
By car: From the airport of Brindisi: take the to bypass the city, merge onto towards Lecce, here take Tangenziale Ovest and to Gallipoli and finally until the exit of Salve/Torre Pali. Once you get here turn right to arrive in the proper town, or turn left on the provincial road 339 to reach Pescoluse and Torre Pali in 5 minutes. The whole route will require about 1½ hr.
From Santa Maria di Leuca: take the freeway and then the provincial road 190 to arrive in Salve in 15 min. As an alternative you can drive along the coastal road enjoying the beautiful view.
By train: The municipality is served by the 1 Salve-Ruggiano railway station, which is located in the small village of Ruggiano, 1km north of the town of Salve. The station is managed by Ferrovie del Sud Est network, but the service is usually inadequate and people will strongly discourage you to take a regional train, since it takes a bit more than 2 hours to reach Salve from Lecce with a cost of €6.40.
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What to see, according to Wikivoyage
Chiesa di San Nicola Magno (Church of St. Nicholas the Great), Piazza Concordia (main square in the old town). Finished in 1672 AD the cathedral church is one of the most richly decorated of the cape of Leuca area, containing four valuable baroque altars built in Lecce stone during the 16th and 17th centuries as well as a white wooden pulpit with gold-leaf motifs and a ceiling of the crossing with elaborate stuccoes and frescoes. But the centerpiece is the pipe organ Olgiati-Mauro acquired in 1628, which is the oldest functional pipe organ in Apulia and one of the oldest in Italy. Unlike the interior, the exterior is quite simple and it has been restored in 1954, with the construction of a small square-based bell tower on top of the preexisting clock tower facing the central square. Free entry. Frantoio ipogeo "Le Trappite", Via Veneri Francesco. An underground oil mill carved into the rock during 1601, at the border of the old town. Free entry. Torre Pali (Poles tower). Partially collapsed coastal tower built in the 16th century, one of the hundreds built in the Kingdom of Naples during the Spanish rule as a defense against Ottoman raids.
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