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Galatina
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| Comune di Galatina | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Puglia |
| Province | Lecce (LE) |
| Mayor | Alessandra Antonica |
| Elevation | 78 m |
| Area | 81 km² |
| Population | |
| - Total (as of December 31, 2004) | 27,710 |
| - Density | 347/km² |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Galatinesi |
| Dialing code | 0836 |
| Postal code | 73013 |
| Frazioni | Noha, Collemeto, Santa Barbara |
| Patron | St. Peter and St. Paul |
| - Day | June 29 |
| Website: www.comune.galatina.le.it | |
Galatina is a town in the Italian province of Lecce in Apulia.
It is situated some 21 km south of the city of Lecce.
- The late Romanesque church of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, built in 1390 by Raimondello del Balzo Orsini, count of Soleto, with a fine portal and rose-window. The interior contains frescoes by Francesco d'Arezzo (1435). The apse contains the fine mausoleum of the son of the founder, a canopy supported by four columns, with his statue beneath it.
- The Baroque church of St. Peter (also known as Mother Church)
- The Pupa, a fountain in local limestone
In the neighbourhood is the small church of St. Paul. This houses a pump which, according to the tradition, was able to heal people biten by poisonous animals (called tarentati in the local dialect).
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