On the floor, the town’s coat of arms in Piazza Sant’Oronzo, depicting a she-wolf and a holm oak. In the background, the BNL building
Viale Guglielmo Marconi, with a section of the castle walls on the left
The Post Office building in Piazza Giuseppe Libertini, built in 1927 to a design by G. Mantovano and A. Gatto
Via Garibaldi and the façade of the “Francesco Calasso” State Technical and Commercial Institute, dating from the 1700s
On the left is a palm tree and on the right is the Fountain of the Four Seasons in Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini
The large fountain symbolising the four seasons in Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini (also known as Piazza Trecentomila)
The monumental fountain of the four seasons in Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini
The water features of the Four Seasons Fountain in Piazza Giuseppe Mazzini
The outer walls and the entrance to the Castle of Charles V, surmounted by the coat of arms of the emperor of the same name, in Piazza Giuseppe Libertini
The entrance to the Post Office, flanked by two wrought-iron griffins, each holding a lantern, on Via Felice Cavallotti
A stone monument dedicated to the Italian patriot and revolutionary Giuseppe Libertini, situated in the square of the same name
A monument erected in honour of Giuseppe Libertini, situated in the square of the same name
The Fontana dell’Armonia on Viale Guglielmo Marconi, representing the allegory of youth and love, by Antonio Mazzotta (1927)
The Fountain of Harmony, depicting two young people bathing on a bundle of organ pipes, in Viale Guglielmo Marconi
The bronze figures representing the allegories of youth and love, embracing one another, which form the Fountain of Harmony on Viale Guglielmo Marconi, a work by Antonio Mazzotta (1927)
On the right, a newsagent’s; in the background, the tower of the INA building on Via Vito Fazzi
The Roman amphitheatre and the INA building in Piazza Sant’Oronzo
The clock tower of the INA building in Piazza Sant’Oronzo
A column and the remains of the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Piazza Sant’Oronzo
An ancient column from the Roman amphitheatre and the tower of the INA building in Piazza Sant’Oronzo
A section of the Roman amphitheatre in Piazza Sant’Oronzo, dating from the 1st or 2nd century AD
The INA building and its tall clock tower in Piazza Sant’Oronzo
The Banco di Napoli’s Baroque clock (1955) featuring the twelve signs of the zodiac in Piazza Sant’Oronzo
Piazza Sant’Oronzo, named after the city’s patron saint
A wrought-iron lamppost with three lamps in Piazza Sant’Oronzo
The Renaissance portal of the little church of San Marco in Piazza Sant’Oronzo, flanked by two Corinthian columns and surmounted by a lunette featuring a winged lion
The intricately decorated frieze of the little church of San Marco in Piazza Sant’Oronzo, featuring a winged lion holding a book
On the left is the Chapel of San Marco in Piazza Sant’Oronzo, decorated on the outside with Renaissance friezes carved from Lecce stone
On the left is the Palace of Justice and on the right is the Carafa Palace in Piazza Sant’Oronzo, built by Bishop Sozi-Carafa
On the right is the entrance to the Carafa Palace in Piazza Sant’Oronzo, dating from 1550 and now the Town Hall
In the background is the façade of the Church of Sant’Irene on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, built in 1591 to a design by the architect Francesco Grimaldi
The façade of the Church of Sant’Irene on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, built in the Mannerist style and comprising two storeys
The statue of Saint Irene on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, sculpted by Mauro Manieri in 1717 and situated in the lunette above the main portal of the church of the same name
The Latin cross-plan interior and the central nave of the church of Sant’Irene
The high altar of the Cross and, behind it, the painting depicting the Transport of the Holy Ark in the church of Sant’Irene, a masterpiece by Oronzo Tiso
In the centre is the altar of Saint Irene and, on the right, the altar of the Holy Family in the church of Saint Irene
Nine busts of saints, containing their relics, placed above the altar of Saint Irene in the Church of Saint Irene
A straw statue, before being covered in papier-mâché, on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, by the artist Claudio Riso
The papier-mâché farmer in Via Giacomo Matteotti, by De Rinaldis
Salento housewives and owls on display in a shop window on Via Giuseppe Libertini
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Fotografie di Leonardo Bellotti
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