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March 21, 2006
Deep into southern Italy: Lecce
I am now staying in Lecce, home of crazed mix-and-match baroque architecture, such as here at the Church of the Holy Cross:
I'm using Lecce as a base in which to explore the "Grecia Salentina" region where there are still Greek speakers in southern Italy left over from the classical "Magna Greca" and medieval Byzantine eras. The region as made sure to find a way to make a tourist industry out of their linguo-ethno minorities, as one can see with this store sign in Martano, displaying the logo of the Grecia Salentina tourism office:
Though, I suppose, good for them, if it helps preserve the community.
Posted by Dean at March 21, 2006 6:00 AM
Comments
The last pics isn't a tourism office but is simply a bakery!!!
There isn't tourism office in Martano
Bye
Mark
Posted by: Marco at May 4, 2007 3:22 PM
Yes, I know the building itself is not a tourism office. I was referring to the logo in the lower-left-hand corner of the store's sign which comes from the Grecia Salentina tourism office.
Posted by: Dean at May 7, 2007 7:22 PM