Porto Cesareo

Porto Cesareo
Comune
Comune di Porto Cesareo
Porto Cesareo

Location of Porto Cesareo in Italy

Coordinates: 40°16′N 17°54′E / 40.267°N 17.900°E / 40.267; 17.900Coordinates: 40°16′N 17°54′E / 40.267°N 17.900°E / 40.267; 17.900
Country Italy
Region Template:Country data Aquila
Province Lecce (LE)
Frazioni Torre Lapillo
Area
  Total 34 km2 (13 sq mi)
Elevation 1 m (3 ft)
Population (November 2008)[1]
  Total 5,502
  Density 160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Cesarini
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 73010
Dialing code 0833
Patron saint Beata Vergine Maria
Saint day 23 August
Website Official website

Porto Cesareo is a town and comune in the Italian province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy.

In 1971, Prof. P. Parenzan (from the Museum of Marine Biology) found Iris revoluta (a rare species of Iris) on the islet of Mojuso near Porto Cesareo in the gulf of Taranto, Southern Italy.[2]

Sea Towers

References

  1. Population from ISTAT
  2. Franco, Alain (2 December 2013). "(SPEC) Iris revoluta Colas.". wiki.irises.org (American Iris Society). Retrieved 2 January 2016.
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