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Unusual Attractions in Lecce

Museo Faggiano

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

Vincent City

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

Roman Amphitheater of Lecce

A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.

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Nardò Ring

This high-speed test track is popular with car manufacturers, speed freaks and orbiting astronauts.

13 miles from Lecce

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Torre Sant'Andrea

Dramatic sea stacks adorn the coast of this small village on the Adriatic coast.

15 miles from Lecce

Monteruga Ghost Town

A fascist-era rural village abandoned since the early 1980s.

16 miles from Lecce

Ossuary Chapel of the Cathedral of Otranto

A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.

22 miles from Lecce

Unique Food & Drink in Lecce

Liquore all'Alloro

If there is anything that should rest on its laurels, it’s probably this laurel-infused digestif.

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