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Between
Rinalda and Squinzano tower we can find the abbey of
S.Maria of Cerrate where there is the museum of the Salentine
popular traditions.
Go round Chianca, Frigole S.Cataldo where
there are the remains of the Adrianeo Port 2 ndCentury .B.C..
Visit St. Foca and the naturalistic oasis the CESINE
that occupies a coastal strip of 620 hectaresas well.
From about 1980 these have been assigned to the WWF that
deals with the observation of the ornitiches species and of their
growth.La reserve includes a sandy shore, cliffs and ample swamps
where you can observe the typical flora of the coastal environments
characterized by particular adaptations that allow the vegetable
life in conditions of saline and solar irradiation to grow. The
coastal little ponds, habitat of marvellous aquatic birds, are characteristic:
the pochard, the red heron, and other kinds.

Roca Vecchia is an important archaeological site
dating back to the age of bronze and iron; the cave of poetry. Torre
dell'Orso with the famous "two sisters"
two isolated rock-cliffs that have become symbols of the Salento
because of publicity in papers and T.V.
Laghi Alimini fed from spring waters not very far from the
beaches, from a thick pinewood and from a suggestive surrounding
country.
Also to visit inland is the Renaissance suburb of Acaya
with its castle, now famous for the cult of the "Lampasciuni"
bitter wild onions, celebrated on the 1st Friday of March with the
recurrence of the holy patron the "Madonna Addolorata"
About 25 km inland Maglie: Paleontological Museum, and Paletnologico,
the cathedral, the church of the Madonna delle Grazie,
the church Addolorat.
Scorrano:
the church of the Augustinian friars, of the Capuchins, and of Our
Lady of the light from1700, the ducal building of the Guarini.
The patron of the village, S. Domenica is celebrated on
July 7th and are the best celebrations of all the province,
the saint is put up for auction and the highest bidder can carry
him on his shoulders in procession.
Galatina: Church of S. Caterina of Alessandria with
frescoes of the scenes of the apocalypse, of the genesis and of
the life of Christ 1416-1437 and representative of Italian art;
Matrix church or collegiate XVII C.

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