Basilica of Santa Croce – San Biagio Gate loop from Copertino

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Basilica of Santa Croce – San Biagio Gate loop from Copertino

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Basilica of Santa Croce – San Biagio Gate loop from Copertino

05:20

91.0km

330m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 9, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 17.0 km for 121 m

After 72.9 km for 54 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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16.2 km

Celestine Palace

Highlight • Historical Site

Also known as the Government Palace, it's located adjacent to the Basilica of Santa Croce and enjoys a strategic position thanks to the double access from via Umberto I and …

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16.2 km

Basilica of Santa Croce

Highlight • Religious Site

The Basilica of Santa Croce is a Baroque church located in the historic center and built between the 16th and 17th centuries by the most famous architects from Lecce. The …

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17.0 km

Lecce Cathedral (Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption)

Highlight • Religious Site

The cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta is the mother church of Lecce and the seat of the archbishop. It was built in the 12th century in Romanesque style and then …

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18.3 km

Saint Oronzo Square, Lecce

Highlight • Historical Site

Beautiful square where the Roman amphitheater of Lecce is located

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18.7 km

Church of St. Matthew

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It was built in the second half of the 17th century according to the designs of Achille Larducci di Salò (nephew of Francesco Borromini). It replaced an old 15th-century chapel …

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19.5 km

San Biagio Gate

Highlight • Monument

It's one of the three access gates to the old town. Built on an older entrance of Charles V, it was rebuilt in 1774 by the governor Tommaso Ruffo, as …

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23.1 km

Parco Archeologico Rudiae

Archaeological Site

53.0 km

Basilica of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Highlight • Religious Site

It's a late Romanesque and Gothic construction, built between 1369 and 1391. The church was enlarged by Count Raimono Orsini del Balzo, while his wife Maria d'Enghien was the promoter …

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53.3 km

Chapel of Saint Paul and the Tarantism Legend

Highlight • Religious Site

Overlooking St. Peter's Square, in the area of the historic center where once stood the main gate 'Porta Maggiore', the mother church dedicated to the patron saints Peter and Paul …

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72.5 km

Pineta di Santa Caterina

Forest

73.0 km

Santa Caterina Beach

Beach

91.0 km

End point

Train Station

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