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Storia comune di Ugento provincia di Lecce

The town was known in 1000 BC with the name of Ozan. It was a Messapian village and it was an important trade centre and a powerful stronghold. It suffered years of decay when the relationship with Taranto got worse. It was then destroyed by Romans because the town offered a refuge to Hannibal. 



Informazioni turistiche comune di Ugento provincia di Lecce

Ugento stands on a hill overlooking the Ionian sea. The town is renowned especially for its seaside resorts: Torre San Giovanni, Torre Mozza, Lido Marini in fact boasts a beautiful clear sea and typical sand dunes that in summertime turn into a cheerful place for holidays. In Torre san Giovanni there is the most ancient watchtower of Salento that nowadays is used as a lighthouse. In town there some interesting buildings such as the Norman Castle, lovely small churches, menhirs and dolmens, a rupestrian church (Cripta del Crocifisso) and the ruins of Messapian city walls: that is what made Ugento a City Art in 2008. The town is interesting for nature lovers as well because here there is the Regional Park “Litorale di Ugento” rich of different and various natural environments.






Aree di interesse turistico del comune di Ugento


Monumenti, musei, chiese, parchi naturali, castelli e attrazioni da vedere in comune di Ugento

Castello

Cattedrale

Il porto

Palazzo Gigli e Palazzo Colosso

Santuario della Madonna della Luce

Museo Civico di Archeologia e Paleontologia "Salvatore Zecca"


Appuntamenti, eventi, manifestazioni e sagre comune di Ugento provincia di Lecce

Festa padronale di San Vincenzo Martire

Fiera di San Biagio

St Antonio fair
Puccia Festival
Feast of Our Lady of Aid

Festa e fiera dei SS. Medici

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