Maglie

Maglie
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
province	Lecce  (LE)
Coordinates	40 ° 7 ′  N , 18 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  N , 18 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E
height	81  m slm
surface	22.36 km²
Residents	14,040 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	628 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	73024
prefix	0836
ISTAT number	075039
Popular name	Magliesi
Patron saint	Nicholas of Myra
Website	Maglie
Aerial view

Maglie is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) in Apulia .

geography

The community has 14,040 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

The place is located 29 kilometers southwest of the city of Lecce and 16 kilometers west of Otranto in the province of Lecce . Gallipoli in the west is 31 kilometers away. Maglie belongs to the Salento .

history

During archaeological excavations in Cattie in 1980 numerous Paleolithic finds were made. Numerous megaliths that were joined together to form dolmens show that there was settlement for the Bronze and Early Iron Ages .

traffic

The State Road 16 Adriatica is expanded as a bypass around the town.

At Maglie station , the Maglie – Otranto line meets the Zollino – Gagliano Leuca line .

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  Piazza Aldo Moro

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  Facade of the high school (lyceum) "Francesca Capece"

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  Maglie train station

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  Menhir Crocemuzza

Personalities

• Fernando Lapalorcia (1893–1963), silver medalist in wrestling, Olympia 1912
• Aldo Moro (1916–1978), politician (murdered)
• Raffaele Fitto (* 1969), politician

Individual evidence

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

Web links

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