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An interesting church consecrated in 1088, and built on the remains of a Messapic village, a Roman domus and an early Christian temple. It represents an interesting mixture of Byzantine and Romanesque elements, and contains an enormous mosaic pavement, relics of the Martyrs, and a crypt resembling the Mezquita of Córdoba.
Otranto Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the Italian city of Otranto, dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. It is the archiepiscopal seat of the Archdiocese of Otranto. The cathedral was consecrated in 1088. It is 54 metres long by 25 metres wide and is built on 42 monolithic granite and marble columns from unknown quarries. Its plan is a three-aisled nave with an apsidal east end. On either side of the west façade are two lancet windows.
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Here you can admire treasures from the Cathedral and other churches of the Otranto diocese: church vestments, paintings, sculptures and remains of a 4th-century AD mosaic. It's inside Palazzo Lopez, built during the Spanish government period.
The main gate of the town, between the two majestic towers "Ippolita" and "Duchessa", dedicated to king Alfonso II of Naples, liberator of the city from Turkish invaders.
The most ancient gate to the historic center, a sober arch high about 10 m (33 ft) tall, in the western side of the medieval walls.
It consists of a bronze statue of a woman holding the flag and the cross, symbol of the Christianity defended till the death by almost 800 citizens, killed by the Ottoman invaders in 1480.
Chiesa di San Pietro
One of the most important examples of Byzantine art in the whole southern Italy.
Castello Aragonese
A majestic fortress with three cylindrical towers and imposing rampants, deeply reinforced after the siege in 1481. You can visit the courtyard, various halls, the roof and even the dungeons.