The martyrs of Otranto
📅 Every year, on 14 August
On 14 August Otranto remembers its patrons: some eight hundred prisoners beheaded in 1480 for refusing to renounce their faith, after the Turks stormed the town.
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Saints Oronzo, Giusto and Fortunato
📅 Every year, from 24 to 26 August
Lecce's main feast lasts three days, from 24 to 26 August. The statues of the three patrons are enthroned in the cathedral and carried in procession on the 24th.
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La Notte della Taranta
📅 Late August, approximate date
Europe's biggest folk music festival: Salento's pizzica dance.