Ortelle

Ortelle ( in Salento dialect: Arteḍḍhre ) is a Southeast Italian community ( comune ) with 2332 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Lecce in Puglia. The municipality is situated approximately 41 km south-southeast of Lecce in Salento.

History

Ortelle was originally developed from a Hellenic foundation in southern Apulia. There might also be a foundation of Messapians.

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