Laura Basiliana (en)

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Laura Basiliana (en)

Route: Naturalistic/Archaeological

Religious architecture

Religious structure

Medieval

2015-06-22 19:08:50

The Laura of Presicce is poorly preserved but like the others in southern Salento, it had to be composed of cells found in small crumblier rock-cut caves which was accessible from above through a cavity. Inside there was the "giacitoio", where the monks rested, and the crypt with frescoed wall designated for the celebration of the mass.

Serra di Pozzo Mauro, Presicce

current use:

Not currently valued

bibliography sources:

C. D. Fonseca et alii, Gli insediamenti rupestri medievali nel Basso Salento, Galatina 1979. N. Lavermicocca, Puglia Bizantina, Storia e cultura di una regione mediterranea (876-1071), Lecce 2012.

historical information:

The towns around Leuca, part of the Byzantine Empire, were the first to host the Basilian monks because the territories of Salento was easily spotted by the ships that took them to the peninsula. Some tangible signs of their presence are still present in these territories.

Info

property:

Municipal

managing body:

Comune di Presicce

contact person:

Comune di Presicce

accessibility:

Inaccessible

current use:

Not currently valued

conservation:

Very Bad. Abandoned

period of construction:

XIII century

local name:

Laura

origin of place-name:

The term "laura" indicates a cluster of cells or caves of monks with a church and, at times, a dining hall in the middle. It is distinct on one side from the hermitages of the hermits and on the other side from the monasteries of the cenobites. The word has Greek origins and means "pass" or "ally".

historical information:

bibliography sources:

C. D. Fonseca et alii, Gli insediamenti rupestri medievali nel Basso Salento, Galatina 1979. N. Lavermicocca, Puglia Bizantina, Storia e cultura di una regione mediterranea (876-1071), Lecce 2012.

telephone number:

0833721256

num gps:

170

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Distance from:

Laura Basiliana (en)

10 m