{"id":1457,"date":"2016-12-16T12:13:54","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T12:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foodismo.it\/?p=1457"},"modified":"2025-03-11T09:38:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T08:38:53","slug":"otranto-quick-guide-on-the-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuovo.foodismo.it\/en\/place-to-go\/otranto\/otranto-quick-guide-on-the-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"Otranto: Quick guide on the Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"
Otranto<\/a>\u00a0is a magical and unique place. Visiting this city, pearl of\u00a0Salento<\/a>, can create addiction. A sweet addiction. The white houses are overlooking the sea and the old town, enclosed within the walls, looks like a maze of streets in the eyes of the visitor. You cannot say that you have visited Salento without having walked, with your nose upside down, for at least an hour, through the streets of this small town. Otranto is incredibly beautiful. Simply magnificent. Its splendor is the result of a balance that has remained unchanged over time, the perfect mix between welcome and hospitality of people and respect for the landscape\/naturalness of places.<\/p>\n

Otranto: reception and hospitality<\/h2>\n

The inhabitants of Otranto are special people. Hospital and welcoming. Otrantini (the inhabitants of Otranto are called in this way) are always ready to give the right information and suggestions to visitors. This usually happens all over Salento but, in Otranto, you will never find an unsatisfied tourist. The locals are always ready to give suggestions on restaurants, hotels and places to visit. The Cathedral of St. Martyrs, the bauxite quarries, the Tower of the Serpe (symbol of the city of Otranto), the monastery of St. Nicholas of Casole, the lighthouse of tip Palac\u00eca and the golden beaches of the Alimini are the destination places of the Otrantine tourist flow.<\/p>\n

Otranto: respect for the naturalness of places<\/h2>\n

The land of Otranto attracts more and more national and international tourism because, over the years, the institutions have protected the environment and tourist centres, fighting the abuse and imposing restrictive laws and landscape constraints. In doing so, the beauty of the places has remained unaltered and nature has been protected from environmental damage. This way of operating on the territory has allowed the revival of tourism in Salento and Otranto has played a fundamental role in this. The points of historical and landscape interest have been preserved and enhanced by a new way of tourism and hospitality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The cathedral of Santa Maria Annunziata: how to reach Otranto and visit the cathedral<\/h2>\n

The Cathedral of Santa Maria Annunziata is a unique spectacle.
\nMuch effort has been made to protect this historic asset and the historical-artistic heritage in it: the mosaic, for example, has been preserved through targeted restoration works over time.
\nTo reach Otranto and visit the cathedral, you have several possibilities:<\/p>\n

By plane to Brindisi Papola Casale airport, by train to Otranto with train change in Lecce<\/h3>\n

Papola Casale is the airport closest to the heart of Salento (for more information click\u00a0here<\/a>).
\nOnce you have landed you can rent a car from the different car rental companies and head to Otranto, passing from\u00a0Lecce<\/a>.
\nOr you can easily opt for public transport by taking a convenient Brindisi-Lecce<\/a>\u00a0train, changing trains and heading to Otranto station with the South-East Railroads (for more information click\u00a0here<\/a>);<\/p>\n

By car<\/h3>\n

After almost all of the A16 motorway, you have to take the exit Bari Nord and continue on Brindisi-Lecce (we talked about Lecce\u00a0in this post about Baroque<\/a>).
\nAs soon as you arrive at the gates of the Salento capital, take the East ring road and follow for\u00a0Maglie<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Otranto \u2013 Santa Maria di Leuca.
\nAs soon as you arrive in\u00a0Maglie<\/a>, you can easily take the state road SS 16, direction Otranto with ease. Recently they have widened the carriageways of this state road and have installed a traffic partition so that the road is really comfortable and safe;<\/p>\n

By bus<\/h3>\n

You can easily reach Otranto by taking a bus from Lecce. Check the site\u00a0SALENTO IN BUS<\/a>\u00a0and check times, availability and tickets.<\/p>\n

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How to reach the Cathedral once arrived in Otranto<\/h2>\n

Reaching the cathedral is really very simple. Once inside the walls, from the entrance adjacent to the Heroes\u2019 Monument (\u201cIl monumento degli eroi\u201d), you just have to follow the main road on foot and turn right at the first crossroads. Take a small climb and after about 100 meters you will find the SS. Maria Annunziata on the left. The show that will look to you in front of your eyes will be sensational.<\/p>\n

The Cathedral of Otranto: centuries of history, spectacularly preserved<\/h2>\n

The cathedral is the symbol of Otrantine resistance to the Ottoman massacre. It was July 28th, 1480 when 800 Martyrs were beheaded on the Minerva Hill because they resisted Islam, following the example of their leader Antonio Pezzulla (the Primaldo). The relics can be found, well preserved in three cases, inside the basilica, in the right aisle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Otranto\u00a0is a magical and unique place. Visiting this city, pearl of\u00a0Salento, can create addiction. A sweet addiction. The white houses are overlooking the sea and the old town, enclosed within the walls, looks like a maze of streets in the eyes of the visitor. You cannot say that you have visited Salento without having walked, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-1457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-otranto","tag-arte-salento"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuovo.foodismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuovo.foodismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuovo.foodismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuovo.foodismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuovo.foodismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nuovo.foodismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5547,"href":"https:\/\/nuovo.foodismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457\/revisions\/5547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuovo.foodismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuovo.foodismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuovo.foodismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuovo.foodismo.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}