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San Biagio Gate – Celestine Palace loop from San Pietro Vernotico

San Biagio Gate – Celestine Palace loop from San Pietro Vernotico

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San Biagio Gate – Celestine Palace loop from San Pietro Vernotico

03:01

78.0km

180m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 26, 2026

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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 recalled in the Latin inscription above. Pairs of smooth-stemmed columns rest on high bases that frame the archway, on which the coat of arms of Ferdinand IV of Bourbon and that of the city of Lecce are superimposed.

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25.0 km

Pietra di Luna by Marco Maggi

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Beautiful place in nature

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25.1 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 from viale XXV Luglio. The palace was built starting from 1549, on a project by Riccardi, to whom we owe the original cloister. The major works of the long façade (1659-1695) were carried out by two illustrious architects: Giuseppe Zimbalo and Giuseppe Cino, who respectively built the first and second order according to the classical styles of Lecce baroque. It housed the Celestine monks for three centuries, until the Napoleonic suppression of 1807, when they were sent away and the building became an administrative institutional seat.

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25.1 km

Basilica of the Holy Cross

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Beautiful place in nature

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25.8 km

Bastion of the Urban Walls

Highlight • Historical Site

The imposing fortification is a testimony of the sixteenth-century defensive interventions implemented by the Emperor Charles V to stem the Turkish invasions. The adaptation of the walls was entrusted to the architect Gian Giacomo dell’Acaya, and in 1542 received a new push by the governator Don Ferrante Loffredo. The walls were therefore replaced by a fortification equipped with bulwarks capable of resisting at the attack of the new war weapons of the time. The defensive front was about 60 meters long and consisted of two floors: the upper one beyond the level of the moat, and the lower one, partially excavated in the rocky bank which today corresponds to the internal planking level.

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38.5 km

San Cataldo

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San Cataldo is a fraction of Lecce that overlooks the Adriatic Sea and is a famous tourist destination for its white sandy beaches and for its proximity to the provincial capital. The seafront is equipped with small gardens, a wide sidewalk and a cycle path and there is a signal light for boats heading towards the port of Bari.

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