{"id":4189,"date":"2018-10-31T07:57:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T07:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/?p=4189"},"modified":"2021-10-28T19:18:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T19:18:47","slug":"specchia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewanders.eu\/specchia\/","title":{"rendered":"Specchia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Specchia is a town and comune in the province of Lecce. in the Apulia<\/a> region of southeast Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Located in the lower Salento, 53 km from the provincial capital, is part of the club The most beautiful villages in Italy. In 2007 the municipality was recognized as the best emerging rural destination in Italy of the “Eden Project”. It is also part of the “Jewels of Italy” evaluated by MiBACT.<\/p>\n

The name of the village derives from the Latin specula, a place artificially raised. In fact, it originates from the specchie, conical stone heaps that the Messapi used as a point of sighting and defense or as a territorial demarcation system.<\/p>\n

Geographical notes<\/strong><\/span> :\u00a0 The municipality of Specchia is located in the hinterland of the lower Salento halfway between the Ionian sea and the Adriatic Sea. The town is located on a small hill at the foot of the Serra Magnone almost completely cultivated with olive trees and organized in terracing on dry stone walls. The territory of the municipality is characterized by the typical rural buildings of the pajare. The municipality also includes the town of Cardigliano, an agricultural village built in the Fascist era (1930) for the processing of tobacco.<\/p>\n

It borders to the north with the municipality of Miggiano, to the east with the town of Tricase, to the south with the municipalities of Alessano, Presicce and Acquarica del Capo, to the west with the municipality of Ruffano.\u00a0When to go<\/strong><\/span> :\u00a0 From a meteorological point of view, Specchia is part of the territory of the low Salento that has a typically Mediterranean climate, with mild winters and humid hot summers. On the basis of the reference averages, the average temperature of the coldest month, January, is around +9 \u00b0 C, while that of the hottest month, August, is around +25.1 \u00b0 C. The average annual rainfall has a minimum in spring-summer and a peak in autumn-winter.<\/p>\n

Access<\/strong><\/span> : Coordinates<\/em><\/span>:39.941667\u00b0, 18.308333\u00b0 \/ By car<\/strong><\/span> :\u00a0 Arrive at Bari via motorway (A14 if coming from North otherwise the Naples-Bari). Here go toward Brindisi-Lecce<\/a>. Once in Lecce, take the ring road, then exit San Cataldo. Arrived, continue southward on the coast until you reach Specchia . By train<\/strong><\/span> :\u00a0\u00a0 Specchia can be reached along the Adriatic (Milan, Bologna, Pescara) or through the Rome – Caserta. By plane<\/strong><\/span> :\u00a0 By plane you can reach Torre Specchia by flying to Brindisi, where you can rent a car. (For more information on public transport www.salentointrenoeinbus.it) By bus<\/strong><\/span> : Marozzi VT operates a bus from Rome to Specchia twice daily. Tickets cost 40\u20ac – 50\u20ac and the journey takes 7 h 40 min.<\/p>\n

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