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11 unusual facts about Lecce


Antonio De Viti De Marco

Antonio De Viti De Marco (Lecce, 30 September 1858 – Rome, 1 December 1943) was an Italian economist.

Brunnen railway station

In the 1960s and '70s, Brunnen hosted international trains to Lecce, in Italy, and Hoek van Holland, in the Netherlands.

Ecologico International Film Festival

Founded in Lecce, at the initiative of Italian filmmaker Roberto Quarta, the festival has been celebrated annually in August since 2008.

Forest City Lovers

Since the release of The Sun and the Wind in 2006, Forest City Lovers have played numerous festivals, including the Hillside Festival in Guelph, Ontario; the inaugural Sled Island Music Festival in Calgary, Alberta; Sappyfest in Sackville, New Brunswick; Keep It Cool in Lecce, Italy; and Folk on the Rocks in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

Ignacio Jerusalem

Jerusalem was born Ignazio Gerusalemme on June 3, 1707 in Lecce, Italy.

Italian Co-Belligerent Army

On 28 September 1943, the Italian Co-Belligerent Army began when its first military unit was formed in tented reorganization camps near Lecce.

Notte della Taranta

The Night of Tarantula, the music fest of Pizzica which takes place in various municipalities in the province of Lecce and the Grecìa Salentina, especially in Melpignano and has its highlights in August.

Portugal Olympic football team

With wins against Iceland (2–1 in Leiria and 1–0 in Reykjavík), two away defeats (1–0 in Lecce, Italy and 3–0 in Aue, East Germany) and all other games tied, they ended up in third place with eight points (five behind group winners and qualifiers Italy).

Valeri Bojinov

A promising youngster, Bojinov settled in Lecce and continued his studies there while playing for U.S. Lecce youth teams.

Bojinov was discovered at the age of 14 by Lecce sports director Pantaleo Corvino, while playing for Pietà Hotspurs, and signed for just 30,000,000 ITL (around €15,000).

Volkswagen W12

On 23 February 2002, a Volkswagen W12 coupé took the world record for all speed classes over 24 hours over the Nardò Ring at Lecce, covering a distance of 7740.576 km at an average speed of 322.891 km/h.


Armenians in Italy

Baglivi was the name of a doctor of Lecce who adopted him as an orphan of a Julfa family.

Bernardino Realino

He passed his entire career in the ministry in the area of Naples and at Lecce, Italy.

Corigliano

Corigliano d'Otranto, a municipality in the Province of Lecce, Apulia, Italy

Denise L. Nappier

In December 1997, Nappier announced she would run for the Democratic nomination for State Treasurer of Connecticut, she defeated Frank A. Lecce, founder of a municipal-bond firm, at the state's democratic convention with just 51% of the delegates cast.

Giuliano Sangiorgi

Giuliano Sangiorgi (born on January 24, 1979 in Nardò, Lecce, Italy) is one of the leading and most eclectic young Italian artist, who has gained increasing fame both as singer, songwriter, composer and together with his rock band Negramaro www.negramaro.com.

Marina di Marittima

Marina di Marittima is a seaside resort on the Adriatic coast of Salento in the comune of Diso in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.

Marittima

Located in the lowest part of Salento between Castro, Andrano and Diso, Marittima is about 48 km from Lecce.

Mirko Vučinić

He quickly caught the attention of Pantaleo Corvino, the sporting director of the Italian football club Lecce and was transferred to Lecce in the summer of 2000.

Modra Observatory

The upper building with the 5-metre dome has a small telescope for educational purposes and registration devices for GPS and forward scatter meteor radar of the Bologna-Lecce-Modra network (transceiver-receiver-receiver).

Radio Sole

Radio Sole, formerly known as Radio Daisy International, is an Independent Local Radio station based in Galatina (Lecce), Southern Italy.

Salvatore Toma

Born in Maglie, province of Lecce, in a family of florists, Toma attended high school, but he would not continue his studies, even though he kept researching intensely the poets he loved.

Walter V, Count of Brienne

On the death of his father Hugh in 1296, Walter inherited the titles of Count of Brienne, Conversano and Lecce.

Walter VI, Count of Brienne

Walter VI of Brienne (née: Gaulterio de Candia, VI Comte de Brienne, c. 1304 – 19 September 1356) was Count of Brienne, Conversano, and Lecce, and titular Duke of Athens.