Minervino di Lecce is a town and comune

Comune

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in the province of Lecce, Apulia

Apulia

Apulia is a region in Southern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its most southern portion, known as Salento peninsula, forms a high heel on the "boot" of Italy. The region comprises , and...

, south-eastern Italy

Italy

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. It is situated in the eastern part of the Salento

Salento

Salento is the south-eastern extremity of the Apulia region of Italy. It is a sub-peninsula of the main Italian Peninsula, sometimes described as the "heel" of the Italian "boot"...

 peninsula about 43 km from Lecce, not far from Otranto

Otranto

Otranto is a town and comune in the province of Lecce , in a fertile region once famous for its breed of horses.It is located on the east coast of the Salento peninsula. The Strait of Otranto, to which the city gives its name, connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea and Italy with Albania...

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Main sights

• Mother church (mid-16th century), one of the most refined Renaissance
  Renaissance architecture
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   churches in the Salento. It has carved portals, a richly decorated and wide rose window
  Rose window
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  , large bronze bell and a decorated apse in local stone. One of the portal has a large statue of St. Michael Archangel.
• Church of Madonna delle Grazie
• Convent of St. Anthony (1624)

The Dolmen

Dolmen

A dolmen—also known as a portal tomb, portal grave, dolmain , cromlech , anta , Hünengrab/Hünenbett , Adamra , Ispun , Hunebed , dös , goindol or quoit—is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of...

 Li Scusi, in the town's countryside towards Uggiano La Chiesa

Uggiano la Chiesa

Uggiano la Chiesa is a town and comune in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy.-Main sights:*Mother Church, finished in 1775.*Tower of the Angel*Crypt of St...

, is the largest dolmen in Apulia after that of Bisceglie

Bisceglie

Bisceglie is a town and comune on the Adriatic Sea, with a population of c. 54,000, in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia , southern Italy....

. The frazione of Cocumola is home to numerous Messapic granarys (locally known as fogge) and several menhir

Menhir

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