Tricase

Tricase
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
province	Lecce  (LE)
Coordinates	39 ° 56 '  N , 18 ° 22'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 56 '0 "  N , 18 ° 22' 0"  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"

• “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

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