Diso

Diso
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
province	Lecce  (LE)
Coordinates	40 ° 1 ′  N , 18 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 1 ′ 0 ″  N , 18 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  E
height	100  m slm
surface	11.56 km²
Residents	2,903 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	251 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	73030
prefix	0836
ISTAT number	075027
Popular name	Cesarini
Patron saint	Philip and Jacob the Younger (May 1st)
Website	Diso

Diso is a south-eastern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 2903 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Lecce in Apulia . The municipality is located about 45 kilometers southeast of Lecce on the Ionian Sea in southern Salento . Diso is part of the Parco naturale regional Costa Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca e Bosco di Tricase .

The menhir of Vardare stands north of Diso.

history

The construction of a church in the year 1003 is certain. The parish had been settled by the Messapians even earlier . In the 9th century, Saracens raided the coast. A house of the Capuchin Order has been in the village since the 18th century .

Web links

Commons : Diso  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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