What to see in Otranto
Castles, churches and crypts, museums, beaches and nature: photos, description, how to get there and the events on nearby.
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Churches and cryptsBasilica of San PietroA jewel of Byzantine art, the Church of San Pietro is one of the most
important medieval buildings in southern Italy. Otranto
Churches and cryptsCathedral of Maria Santissima AnnunziataThe extraordinary mosaic of the Tree of Life makes a visit to the Otranto
Cathedral unique, where the memory of the bloody Turkish siege lives on in
the ossuary of the Chapel of the Holy Martyrs. Otranto
Churches and cryptsChurch of Santa Maria dei MartiriDesired by Alfonso of Aragon, it is situated on Colle della Minerva, site
of the martyrdom of 180 inhabitants of Otranto in 1480. Otranto
Places and photos: Regione Puglia · viaggiareinpuglia.it (CC BY 4.0)