Maglie

Maglie is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 14,639 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) in the province of Lecce in Puglia. The town is located 29 kilometers southwest from Lecce and 16 km west of Otranto. After Gallipoli in the west is 31 kilometers. Maglie is on the Salento.

History

From numerous megaliths, which were joined together to dolmens, there are human settlements of the Bronze Age and the early Iron Age can be detected. In Cattie was in 1980 at a artchäologischen investigation 12,000 tools and 800 bones are found, which are probably attributable to the Neanderthals.

Traffic

In addition to the Strada Statale 16 Adriatica, which passes by the place as a ring road, the Maglies station is served by trains on the route from Zollino after Gagliano del Capo and Maglie Otranto.

Personalities

  • Aldo Moro (1916-1978), politician ( assassinated )
  • Fernando Lapalorcia (1893-1963), silver medalist in wrestling, Olympic 1912

Images from Maglie

Bell tower of the Cathedral

Facade of the high school ( lyceum ) " Francesca Capece ".

Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie

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