Galatina
—  Comune  —
Comune di Galatina
Galatina Location of Galatina in Italy
Coordinates: 40°10′N 18°10′E / 40.167°N 18.167°E / 40.167; 18.167Coordinates: 40°10′N 18°10′E / 40.167°N 18.167°E / 40.167; 18.167
Country	Italy
Region	Puglia
Province	Lecce (LE)
Frazioni	Noha, Collemeto, Santa Barbara
Government
- Mayor	Alessandra Antonica
Area
- Total	81 km2 (31.3 sq mi)
Elevation	78 m (256 ft)
Population (2008)
- Total	27,555
- Density	340.2/km2 (881.1/sq mi)
- Demonym	Galatinesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	73013
Dialing code	0836
Patron saint	St. Peter and St. Paul
Saint day	29 and 30 June
Website	Official website

Galatina (Greek: Galatini) is a town and comune in the Italian province of Lecce in Apulia.

Among the most important cities in Salento, it is situated some 21 km south of the city of Lecce.

[edit] Main sights

• The late Romanesque church of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, built in 1390 by Raimondello del Balzo Orsini, count of Soleto, with a fine portal and rose-window. The interior contains frescoes by Francesco d'Arezzo (1435). The apse contains the fine mausoleum of the son of the founder, a canopy supported by four columns, with his statue beneath it.
• The Baroque church of St. Peter (also known as Mother Church), rebuilt from 1633 on a previous Greek-rite edifice.
• The Pupa, a fountain in local limestone

In the neighbourhood is the small church of St. Paul. It houses a pump which, according to the tradition, was able to heal people bitten by poisonous animals (called tarentati in the local dialect).

[edit] Transportation

Galatina has a station on the Ferrovie Sud-Est line to Lecce. Road connections in clude the SS16 Adriatica state highway (from Maglie to Lecce), the SS101 state road, also to Lecce, and the SS 613 Brindisi-Lecce highway.

[edit] Energy

Near Galatina there is the static inverter plant of HVDC Italy-Greece.

[edit] Twin towns

• Novi Grad, Bosnia-Herzegovina, since 1997
• Sapes, Greece, since 1999