Martano
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| Martano | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Puglia |
| Province | Lecce (LE) |
| Mayor | Pasquale Conte |
| Elevation | 92 m |
| Area | 21 km² |
| Population | |
| - Total (as of December 31, 2004) | 9,503 |
| - Density | 453/km² |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Martanesi |
| Dialing code | 0836 |
| Postal code | 73025 |
| Frazioni | None |
| Patron | Mother of the Assumption |
| - Day | August 15 |
| Website: www.comune.martano.le.it | |
Martano is a town of 9,503 inhabitants in the province of Lecce in Apulia, Italy. It is the biggest town of Grecìa Salentina, a Greek-speaking area where old people speak an ancient dialect called griko, and is 18 km far from Otranto.
The main attraction in the town is the Baronal Castle, built in the 15th century, while the biggest churches are devoted to Mother of the Assumption and to Madonna del Rosario. The town also owns the highest menhir in Apulia (Santu Totaru menhir, 4.80 mts).
The list of famous people from Martano includes Giuseppe Grassi, who signed the Constitution of Italy in 1948, and Salvatore Trinchese, sea biologist and scientist of the 19th Century.
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Puglia · Communes of the province of Lecce
| Grecìa Salentina (Salentinian Greece) |  |
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| Calimera | Castrignano de' Greci | Corigliano d'Otranto | Martano | Martignano | Melpignano | Soleto | Sternatia | Zollino | |
