Tricase
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Country | Italy | |
region | Apulia | |
province | Lecce (LE) | |
Coordinates | 39 ° 56 ' N , 18 ° 22' E | |
height | 98 m slm | |
surface | 43.64 km² | |
Residents | 17,340 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 397 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 73039, 73030 | |
prefix | 0833 | |
ISTAT number | 075088 | |
Popular name | Tricasini | |
Patron saint | San Vito | |
Website | Tricase | |
Tricase, Dominican Church |
Tricase is an Italian municipality .
geography
Tricase has 17,340 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located in Apulia , in the province of Lecce , about 53 km from the provincial capital, Lecce .
traffic
The station is on the Zollino – Gagliano Leuca railway line .
Attractions
- “La Quercia Vallonea” is one of the oldest trees in Italy. This Walloon oak ( Quercus macrolepis ) dates from the 12th century.
- Convento dei frati Domenicani (Dominican Monastery)
Personalities
- Giuseppe Pisanelli (1812–1879), politician
- Andrea Cassato (1833–1913), clergyman and Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop
- Giovanni Cardinal Panico (1895–1962), Catholic clergyman and diplomat of the Holy See
- Carmelo Cassati (1924–2017), Catholic priest, Archbishop of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie
- Fernando Panico (* 1946), Catholic priest and emeritus bishop of Crato in Brazil
Web links
Commons : Tricase - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.