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Salento begins at Lecce and ends on the heel of Italy. It is said that the peninsular tilts to the east because a Greek God, to enjoy himself, had wanted the boot for his own.

Salento offers a varied coastline. From narrow, sandy shores, which give way to precipitous cliffs and marine caves, to intimate and inviting coves.

The city of Otranto was always the "crossroad of cultures," and is a place where the student can meet the various cultures that have passed this way and left their mark: the Arabs, the Greeks, the Messapians, the Spanish, the Normans, the Celts, and the Swabians.

It is and always has been a land of transit since ancient people travelled between East and West.

In the Salento, man breathes a particular atmosphere haunted by indefinite presences. It is a land of dolmen and menhir, of prehistoric caves of extraordinary importance, archaeological sites, and places that seem like magic.

It is celebrated by the most famous writers such as Virgilio (Enea landed at the Salento to found Rome) or Horace Walpole, the English writer of 1700 who wrote the novel "The Castle of Otranto"; land which is subject of historical and anthropological studies from foreign researchers of international fame

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