Alezio

Alezio
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
province	Lecce (LE)
Coordinates	40 ° 4 ′ N , 18 ° 3 ′ E Coordinates: 40 ° 4 ′ 0 ″ N , 18 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ E
height	75 m slm
surface	16 km²
Residents	5,609 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	351 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	73011
prefix	0833
ISTAT number	075003
Popular name	Aletini
Patron saint	Madonna della Lizza

Alezio is an Italian city in the Apulia region .

geography

The municipality has 5609 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) with a population density of 313.47 inhabitants per square kilometer. It has an area of 16.55 square kilometers.

Alezio is located in the province of Lecce , about 7 km east of the port city of Gallipoli and the west coast of Salento at an altitude of 75 m slm. The neighboring communities are Gallipoli, Matino , Parabita , Sannicola and Tuglie .

history

Alezio probably goes back to a Greek foundation. Inscriptions in the Oscar language have been found on the territory of the municipality . In Roman times, Aletium benefited from the Via Traiana , which linked it to other centers in Salento. Around the year 1000 Alezio was destroyed by the Saracens , the population fled to Gallipoli and the place was not inhabited for several centuries.

Between the 12th and 13th centuries, monks built a church, Santa Maria della Lizza , around which a settlement called Casal de Alezio arose. It was not until the beginning of the 18th century that local landowners leased land to farmers again. The place was then called Villa Picciotti . He did not become self-employed until 1854, and since 1873 it has again been called Alezio.

Culture

In addition to the church of Santa Maria della Lizza with frescoes from the Middle Ages, there is also the main church, Chiesa dell 'Addolorata , from the 19th century.

The museum, Museo civico messapico , shows finds from the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. BC, which come from a necropolis not far from the city.

traffic

The station Alezio is located on the railway line Lecce-Gallipoli .

literature

Felice G. Lo Porto: Aletium (Alezio) Apulia, Italy . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

[1] Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.