Guided Tours in Roman Lecce
Itinerary and Tour in the Lecce Romana - Lupiae
Private or group tour
Description of the Tour
A guided tour in the historic center of Lecce in search of the testimonies of its ancient past. A journey back in time of 2500 years to reconstruct the history of Lecce from the Messapian era, a period to which date the imposing fortifications of IV sec. BC. and the numerous tombs found in the area of the settlement, up to the events of Lupiae, the Roman city.
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A tale that sheds light on the great excavation campaigns conducted at the beginning of the 20th century and which have allowed to discover the two monumental public buildings: the Amphitheatre and the Theater, both dating back to the Augustan era.
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The most recent urban archaeology surveys have provided further information to reconstruct the appearance of the Roman city. In the republican age, you give yourself the 'trapetum', a complex for the production of olive oil, of which traces remain in Piazzetta Castromediano. A short distance from this a stretch of Roman road and in the current Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II the Terme of the city. Not far from the Capitolium, in the Forum of ancient Lupiae, traditionally located in the area of the current Piazza Duomo, had another important temple dedicated to the eastern goddess Isis. The sanctuary, found under the sixteenth-century Palazzo Vernazza, archaeological excavations have identified the remains of the portico, a statue, some objects that adorned the temple and the 'Purgatorium', a basin dug in the rocky bank into which the faithful immersed themselves for the rites of purification.
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WHAT WE WILL VISIT
Sant’Oronzo Square (Roman Amphitheatre and Column of Sant'Oronzo)
Roman Baths in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II
Roman Theater
Isis Temple at Palazzo Vernazza
Duomo Square
Roman Road
Trapetum
INFO
Possibility of extra entrance to Palazzo Vernazza Skip the line for the ticket office by booking your guided tour with us
MEETING POINT WITH THE GUIDE
Piazza Sant’Oronzo, Lecce
DURATION
2 ore
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The tour is also available with the radio guide rental service​
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INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS
Call us on +39 3926513063
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