The Sanctuary of San Rocco presents itself as a simple and linear structure characterized externally by a central door, framed between two empty niches, and two side doors. At the very top of the edifice is a cross. The interior is characterized by the main altar adorned with a large painting by Giovanni Grassi, dated 1851, depicting the Miracle Worker of plague victims, on which a Latin inscription reads: “D.O.M. DIVO ROCCO SACELLUM HOC ANTIQUA IVIUM PIETAS RECENS FIDELI M. DEVOTIO ... TESTIS FAEC. E. M. DIGIORUM OCCASIONE MOTA EREXIT UNA AMPLIA VIT ALTERA A.D. MDCCXXXVIII.” Located on either side of the altar are statues of St. Oronzo, on the left, and St. Sebastian, on the right. We know, in fact, that the worship of St. Rocco is attested  in Torrepaduli since 1531, in a ...

Known as the Madonna della Serra, the church dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, was elevated into a Sanctuary in 1951. The edifice dates back to the sixteenth century, a period of frequent Saracens attacks on the Salentine coasts. For this reason, the church presents externally as a watchtower and is characterized by the typical elements of the fortified structures; at the doors and windows are machicolations positioned for defensive purposes. The interior consists of a ceramic majolica pavement and an altar in Leccese stone surmounted by the painting of the Madonna and Child. On the side is the statue of the Madonna della Serra, periodically carried in procession, and a sixteenth-century fresco depicting the Madonna del Latte. The image, rebuilt in the eighteenth century, depicts ...

According to tradition, St. Peter, traveling to Rome, stopped at Leuca and founded the first Christian church dedicated to the Saviour on the site of a pagan temple dedicated to Minerva. The church became one of the major pilgrimage centers of ancient times and the middle Ages.   However, the dedication to Santa Maria di Leuca goes back to the fourth century, when Mary saved the fishermen during a storm. The church have been under many reconstructions over the centuries, especially because of repeated attacks by the Turks or Saracens. As a result of the last renovation, carried out between 1720 and 1755 by Monsignor Giovanni Giannelli, the structure is disguised as a fortress to hide it from eventual destructions.   Going beyond the three actual entrance portals, ...

Positioned stunningly on the Promontorio del Calino, overlooking the sea of ​​Marina Serra, is the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Assumption, surrounded by a large garden with thick vegetation.   The structure looks very simple and is characterized by the typical elements of the fortified structures: at the doors and windows are machicolations positioned for defensive purposes; on the facade is a marble plaque which says that the church was elevated into a Shrine in 1950 (saint year) for the proclamation of the dogma of the Assumption.   The interior has a single nave covered by a star vault. Placed on the main altar is the painting of the Lady of the Assumption by the Neapolitan painter, Paolo Fenoglio. Entering on the left side, there is a canvas depicting the Holy ...

The little church has a simple gabled façade with an entrance surmounted by a tympanum and a small central rose window. Adjacent to it is a square bell tower. The interior has a single nave and ends with a semicircular apse in which a niche, illustrating the Virgin appearing in front of the three village children of Fatima, is inserted.   Surrounding the church is an extensive pine grove. ...