Santa Cesarea Terme

Santa Cesarea Terme
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
province	Lecce  (LE)
Coordinates	40 ° 2 '  N , 18 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 2 '0 "  N , 18 ° 28' 0"  E
height	56  m slm
surface	26.44 km²
Residents	2,983 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	113 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	73020
prefix	0836
ISTAT number	075072
Popular name	Cesarini
Patron saint	Santa Cesaria Vergine (September 12th)
Website	Santa Cesarea Terme

Santa Cesarea Terme overlooking the sea

Santa Cesarea Terme is a south-eastern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 2983 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Lecce in Apulia . The municipality is located about 38 kilometers south-southeast of Lecce in southern Salento on the coast to the Mediterranean. Here the Adriatic Sea merges into the Ionian Sea .

Coast near Porto Miggiano (district of Santa Cesarea Terme)

history

The district of Cerfignano is said to go back to a Greek foundation. Vitigliano was first mentioned in a document in 1447. Four towers date from the 16th century and were built by Charles V in the Kingdom of Naples to protect against sea attacks.

Personalities

• Carmelo Bene (1937–2002), theater and film director, grew up in Santa Cesarea Terme.

Parish partnership

• Vocha , Corinthia , Peloponnese

Web links

Commons : Santa Cesarea Terme  - 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.