"Salentine" redirects here. For the dialect spoken in this region, see Salentino dialect. For other uses, see Salento (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Silentó.
Historical Region in Apulia, Italy
Salento
Salentu (Salentino) Σαλέντο (Salentino Griko)
Historical Region
Flag
Coat of Arms
Salento in red
Country
Italy
Regions
Apulia
Provinces
Taranto, Brindisi, Lecce
Named for
Latin salum “Surrounded by Sea”
Area
• Land
5,856.57 km2 (2,261.23 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate
(2017)
1,785,500
Demonym
Salentini
Time zone
UTC+1
• Summer (DST)
UTC+2
Salento (Salentino: Salentu, Salentino Griko: Σαλέντο), also known as Terra d'Otranto,[1] is a cultural, historical and geographic region at the southern end of the administrative region of Apulia, in southern Italy. It is a sub-peninsula of the Italian Peninsula, sometimes described as the "heel" of the Italian "boot". It encompasses the entire administrative area of the province of Lecce, a large part of the province of Brindisi and part of that of Taranto.
The peninsula is also known as Terra d'Otranto, and in the past Sallentina. In ancient times it was called variously Calabria or Messapia.
^"Salento region, its geography, story, language, culture and tradition". Villa le Terrazze. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
Salento (Salentino: Salentu, Salentino Griko: Σαλέντο), also known as Terra d'Otranto, is a cultural, historical and geographic region at the southern...
The University of Salento (Italian: Università del Salento, called until 2007 Università degli Studi di Lecce) is a university located in Lecce, Italy...
Aeroporto di Brindisi), also known as Brindisi Papola Casale Airport and Salento Airport, is an airport in Brindisi, in southern Italy, located 6 kilometres...
into the Adriatic sea like a "sperone" ("spur"), while in the south, the Salento peninsula forms the "tacco" ("heel") of Italy's boot. The highest peak...
spelled Grico, is the dialect of Italiot Greek spoken by Griko people in Salento (province of Lecce), and also called Grecanico, in Calabria. Some Greek...
Flags of Italy. Namely Istrian Italians and Dalmatian Italians IL NOSTRO SALENTO...LA SUA E NOSTRA BANDIERA... LA STORIA DEI MESSAPI, retrieved 2023-06-11...
Salento Pride (also known as Puglia Pride) is the annual Pride parade usually held in Gallipoli, Italy in August to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual...
are found principally in regions of Calabria and Apulia (peninsula of Salento). The Griko are believed to be remnants of the once large Ancient and Medieval...
The Extreme Southern Italian dialects are a set of languages spoken in Salento, Calabria, Sicily and southern Cilento with common phonetic and syntactic...
del Salento". Agrodolce.it. 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2015-12-06. "Panzerotti Recipe". Pizzacappuccino.com. 24 September 2022. "Spizzica in Salento....:...
an ancient variety of red wine grape grown in the province of Brindisi, Salento, Southern Italy. Susumaniello is found only in the Italian region of Apulia...
affiliated with the Department of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Salento, in Italy. Born in Kidderminster, England, Frampton attended King Charles...
The 1743 Salento earthquake affected the Apulian region of southwestern Italy on 20 February at 23:30 IST. The ~7.1 Mw earthquake had an epicenter in...
The Messapians were an Iapygian tribe who inhabited Salento in classical antiquity. Two other Iapygian tribes, the Peucetians and the Daunians, inhabited...
by Francesco D'Andria, a professor of archaeology at the University of Salento. As part of a restoration project, a replica of the marble statue of Hades...
southern Italy. It is grown almost exclusively in Apulia and particularly in Salento, the peninsula which can be visualised as the "heel" of Italy. The grape...
The Luz A Salento Foundation is an organization that works for the arts of the small town of Salento, Quindío in Colombia. This organization was created...
is a music festival in Salento, Apulia, Italy. The Notte della Taranta is focused on pizzica, a popular folk genre in Salento, and takes place in various...
by the 1948 Italian Constitution. The original draft list comprised the Salento region (which was eventually included in Apulia); Friuli and Venezia Giulia...
contribute to this characteristic shape, namely Calabria (the "toe"), Salento (the "heel") and Gargano (the "spur"). The backbone of the Italian Peninsula...
in the traditional area called Salento. The area of Ceglie Messapica is located between the Murge and the Upper Salento: its typical elements include trulli...
an Italian former footballer. Alessandro il ribelle, da Southampton al Salento ricerca.repubblica.it/ Leopizzi e quei brutti ricordi all' Udinese " la...
family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast...
is now wholly owned by the Italian Transport Ministry. The interior of Salento is a relatively flat plateau, which, however, slopes steeply down to the...
which was lost in the modern Greek of the Balkans. The dialects are: Griko, spoken in Salento Calabrian Greek, spoken in southern Calabria v t e v t e...