Whether or not you like the Baroque style, you can't fail to be impressed by the exuberant building styles on display in LECCE , though the fact that they are firmly in the grip of a largely unremarkable modern city does detract from the enjoyment. Previously prey to opportunist attack, the city began a settled era signalled by the defeat of the Turkish fleet at Lepanto in 1571. The subsequent arrival of religious orders (Jesuits, the Teatini and Franciscans) brought an influx... [More]