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cathedral of S. Oronzo, and the churches of S. Chiara, S. Croce, S. Domenico, &c., the Seminario, and the Prefettura (the latter contains a museum, with a collection of See also:

Greek vases, &c.). Buildings of an earlier See also:

period are not numerous, but the See also:

FINE

fine portal of the Romanesque See also:

church of SS. Nicola e Cataldo, built by See also:

Tancred in 118o, may be noted.

Another old church is S. Maria di Cerrate, near the town. Lecce contains a large See also:

government See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco factory, and is the centre of a fertile agricultural See also:

DISTRICT

district. To the E. 72 m. is the small See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour of S. Cataldo, reached by electric See also:

TRAMWAY

tramway. Lecce is quite See also:

close to the site of the See also:

ancient Lupiae, equidistant (25 m.) from Brundusium and Hydruntum, remains of which are mentioned as existing up to the 15th century. A See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony was founded there in See also:

ROMAN

Roman times, and See also:

HADRIAN (PUBLICS AELIUS HADRIANUS)

Hadrian made a harbour—no doubt at S. Cataldo. Hardly a mile' See also:

west was Rudiae, the birthplace of the poet See also:

ENNIUS, QUINTUS (239-170 B.c.)

Ennius, spoken of by Silius Italicus as worthy of mention for that See also:

REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason alone. Its site was marked by the now deserted See also:

VILLAGE

village of Rugge. The name Lycea, or See also:

LYCIA

Lycia, begins to appear in the 6th century.

The See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city was for some See also:

time held by See also:

COUNTS

counts of See also:

Norman See also:

BLOOD

blood, among whom the most noteworthy is Bohemond, son of See also:

Robert Guiscard. It afterwards passed to the See also:

Orsini. The See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of provincial capital was bestowed by See also:

Ferdinand of See also:

ARAGON, or ARRAGON (in Span. Aragon)

Aragon in See also:

ACKNOWLEDGMENT (from the old acknow, a compound of on- and know, to know by the senses, which passed through the forms oknow, aknow and acknow; acknowledge is formed on analogy of " knowledge ")

acknowledgment of the fidelity of Lecce to his cause. (T. As.) See M. S. See also:

Briggs, In the See also:

HEEL

Heel of Italy (1910).

End of Article: LECCE (anc. Lupiae)

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