LECCE

Is on 600 who was build the most of the religious and civil buildings, characterized by a unique type of architecture and sculpture that does not find examples anywhere else in the world: the Baroque of Lecce, who seems to have completely transformed the image of Lecce characterizing the point that, from then on, it is difficult to recognize the signs of urban stratitificazioni earlier.

Taking advantage of the decorative possibilities offered by local stone - a limestone homogeneous and compact, easy to work with the painstaking work of skilled masons - has given rise to genuine masterpieces that seem lace or filigree jewelry. Lecce Baroque is typical for the elegant poise of Renaissance forms and wealth of decorative elements: balustrades, tunnels, spiral columns, fluttering ribbons of flowers and fruit, which draw inspiration from peasant farming culture and the classical motifs of the educated world.

This art that has developed over time thanks to a flourishing craft tradition has spread to the smaller buildings to interest the more modest homes. The main teachers were Gabriele Riccardi and Francesco Antonio Zimbalo again measured and the next century classicism, Joseph said the Zimbalo Zingarello - the most sumptuous and unrestrained, elegant sensitivity sculptor Cesare Penna, Giuseppe Cino Achille Carducci and decorative exuberance that moderate more elegant and graceful.

Even the eighteenth century is a century fervently for the construction activity: we continue to build churches and palaces and among the architects who have more consideration of the clients would include: Emanuel and Mauro Manieri, authors of numerous palaces and spectacular.