Galatina

Comune in Apulia, Italy

Galatina Ας Πέτρο (Greek) San Pietru (Sicilian)
Comune
Comune di Galatina

Location of Galatina
40°10′N 18°10′E / 40.167°N 18.167°E / 40.167; 18.167
Country	Italy
Region	Apulia
Province	Lecce (LE)
Frazioni	Collemeto, Noha, Santa Barbara, Aeroporto
Government
• Mayor	Marcello Pasquale Amante
Area ^[1]
• Total	82.65 km² (31.91 sq mi)
Elevation	78 m (256 ft)
Population (31 December 2017)^[2]
• Total	26,887
• Density	330/km² (840/sq mi)
Demonym	Galatinesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	73013
Dialing code	0836
Patron saint	St. Peter and St. Paul
Saint day	29 and 30 June
Website	Official website

Galatina (Griko: Ας Πέτρο, romanized: As Pètro; Salentino: San Pietru), known before the unification of Italy as San Pietro in Galatina,^[3] is a town and comune in the Province of Lecce in Apulia, southern Italy. It is situated about 21 kilometres (13 mi) south of the city of Lecce.

Main sights

The late Romanesque church of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, built in 1390 by Raimondello del Balzo Orsini, count of Soleto, with a fine portal and rose window. The interior contains frescoes by Francesco d'Arezzo (1435). The apse contains the fine mausoleum of the son of the founder, a canopy supported by four columns, with his statue beneath it.^[4]
The Baroque church of San Pietro (also known as Mother Church), rebuilt from 1633 on a previous Greek-rite edifice.
The Pupa, a fountain in local limestone

In the neighbourhood is the small church of San Paolo. It houses a well which, according to tradition, was able to heal people bitten by poisonous tarantulas (those bitten are called tarantati or pizzicati in the local dialect).

Transportation

Galatina has a station on the Ferrovie Sud-Est line to Lecce. Road connections include the SS16 Adriatica state highway, the SS101 state road, also to Lecce, and the SS 613 Brindisi-Lecce highway.

Energy

Near Galatina is the static inverter plant of HVDC Italy-Greece.

Twin towns

Novi Grad, Bosnia-Herzegovina, since 1997
Sapes, Greece, since 1999

Notes

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ Luigi Rossetti, ‘Cenni storici di Galatina’ Archived 2009-09-25 at the Wayback Machine, Sito ufficiale della Città di Galatina.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Galatina". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 396.