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Basilica di S. Giovanni Battista al Rosario

Basilica del Rosario e di San Giovanni Battista
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via Giuseppe Libertini, 73100 Lecce, ItalyMap
Phone+39 0832 308540
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  • Haebee
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    Beautiful!

    Charming church housing beautiful carvings and frescoes. You need to look carefully at every piece to fully appreciate it’s beauty and it’s connection with the surrounding country eg the fruits and pl...

    Reviewed on Nov 3, 2019
  • SoCalOregonian
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    CLASSIC BAROQUE EXAMPLE

    Construction started in 1691 on the site of a former church and it was designated a Minor Basilica in 1948. The exterior is a lesson in Baroque architecture. The lower and upper portions of the façade...

    Reviewed on May 1, 2019
  • libius2018
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    Closed

    All the place was closed - the fasade and insight for mintenance works throught the works had to be finished many days ago in accordance with an information on the wall of the charch

    Reviewed on Aug 2, 2018
  • 23vaneet
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    This is the place to go with a guide

    Lovely time, tranquil, great pulpit, grandiose paintings exterior is ornate, history is unbelievable, there is sense of reverence in this basilica

    Reviewed on Sep 30, 2017
  • Ana Maria P
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    Very nice

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    The comments on Lecce churches are very similar, beautiful sculptures, magnificent roofs, frissons, columns, interiors and exteriors. They are very well preserved. On the great altar of the church ...

    Reviewed on Jun 11, 2019
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