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Lecce (Italian: [ˈlettʃe] ( listen) or locally [ˈlɛttʃe]; Sicilian: Lecci, Griko: Luppìu, Latin: Lupiae, Ancient Greek: Λουπίαι) is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Apulia. It is the main city of the Salentine Peninsula, a sub-peninsula at the heel of the Italian Peninsula and is over 2,000 years old.
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1. Pinacoteca di arte francescana "Caracciolo"
2. Casa Museo Spada Antichi Strumenti Musicali
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5.0 based on 16 reviews
The collection is kept in the house-museum of Francesco and Silvana Spada. It has over 850 instruments, a rich library, numerous manuscripts and an important iconography that make it easy and interesting to visit. Enter in a house-museum is a privilege, you have the chance to try the instruments, discuss, exchange views with a cup of coffee offered by the owner.
3. Museo Mostra La Tana della Taranta
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5.0 based on 7 reviews
Simple and ingenious ... A unique place where you can learn the roots of Taranta and Pizzica, exciting the bowls with Live Spiders, including the most important one where an extraordinary spider is kept: "La Tarantola". This is the queen that gave rise to the myth of the taranta, legend wants her bite to create a state of crazy tranches, from which it can only be healed through the involvement of
4. Museo Faggiano
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4.5 based on 680 reviews
Reviewed By 788lc - Derbyshire, United Kingdom
We loved this fascinating private museum near the Biagio Gate. Layers of history hidden below an old Lecce house, discovered by the owners by accident. The owner's son was very helpful and friendly, explaining how they uncovered the layers, going right back to Roman times. Well worth a visit, and a great view from the Templar watchtower at the top of the house.
5. Museo Ferroviario della Puglia
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4.5 based on 152 reviews
The Railway Museum of Apulia Lecce is an important collection of tools and other objects that are ideally trace the history of railway Puglia. Inside are 32 antique vehicles of mixed age and several railway companies, from FS to FSE passing the Tobacco Factory of Lecce, in addition to this you can also see up close the historic train "Salento Express".
Reviewed By Tonytourist - Montesson, France
Located near the main station, it's only open a few hours a day so check before you go. We enjoyed the model trains and the prison wagon in particular. There's a good guide book provided with the entrance fee.
6. Musa - Museo Storico Archeologico
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4.5 based on 32 reviews
MUSA is an University Museum that exhibits archaeological remains from Prehistory to Middle Ages together with reconstrunctions of ancient contexts and multimedia contributions. Its innovative exhibition shows the research activities conducted in Salento and in other areas of the Mediterranean basin (Malta, Sudan, Turkey, Syria, Iran) by the archaeologists and historians of the University of Salento
7. I Mestieri della Memoria Maestri Baldari
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
" Museo i Mestieri della Memoria " is located in the historic center of Lecce , offers you the chance to live a cultural artistic journey from the birth of the Handmade Paper until the creation of statues and various artifacts in Cartapesta Leccese . Admission is free , to welcome you will find the Masters Baldari that will be glad to show you explanations and information.
8. Jewish Museum Lecce
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4.5 based on 203 reviews
The museum is located in a medieval building, which now presents itself as a late 16th – 17th century palazzo. It encompasses the remains of a 15th century synagogue, which was right in the centre of the Jewish district in Lecce. Visitors to the museum can see the pools that in all likelihood were once used for ritual bathing (mikwa’ot), the doorpost groove that housed the sacred parchment with religious verses from the Scriptures (mezuzah), as well as significant remains of the church that later partially incorporated the earlier synagogue. Visitors are invited to follow the threads linking the Jewish presence in Lecce from the Middle Ages to the present; the legacy of Apulian Judaism visible within other communities of the diaspora, as well as the threads linking Judaism with other faith communities in and around Lecce. We also provide themed tours for tourists interested in discovering the history of the Jewish presence in Apulia.
Reviewed By mznw3 - London, United Kingdom
We found the tour of the Jewish Museum both fascinating and moving, with Claudia, our guide, explaining the hidden history of the Jews in Lecce and the south of Italy. We particularly enjoyed the sense that there was still a lot to be learnt, and were encouraged by the commitment shown by those who had set up the museum to try and learn about this submerged (in many senses) aspect of Lecce’s past, which tends to read as if nothing happened between the Romans and the Baroque. Definitely recommended.
9. Museo Fantasy
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4.5 based on 130 reviews
Hi, we are the twins brothers Gabriele and Vittorio Magrì, artists and special effects technicians. We worked in 25 national and internazional movies and now we want to show you our creations at Museo Fantasy. COLLABORATIONS: DARIO ARGENTO, ROBERTO BENIGNI, ZOOLANDER 2, BEN-HUR, TITUS, MICHELE SOAVI, ROBERT ENGLUND, CARLO RAMBALDI, BRACCIALETTI ROSSI 3, MANUALE D’AMORE 2, STRISCIA LA NOTIZIA, SCHERZI A PARTE... ecc, ecc
10. Museo Sigismondo Castromediano
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