莱切因拥有很多重要的巴洛克古迹而被称为“La Firenze del Sud”(南方佛罗伦斯),例如圣十字圣殿以及莱切主教座堂。该市还拥有古老的希腊文化传统,可以追溯到其创建时期;梅萨比人(Messapii)人创建了该市,希腊史书记载克里特人曾经来过。直到今日,莱切不远处的一组城镇“Grecìa Salentina”,还使用意大利希腊语(griko)。
2007年,莱切大约有94,100 人口。
英语百科
Lecce 莱切
Lecce (Italian:[ˈlettʃe] or locally[ˈlɛttʃe]; Sicilian:Lecci, Griko: Luppìu, Latin:Lupiae, Ancient Greek: Ἀλήσιον) is a historic city of 94,148 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the third province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Apulia. It is the main city of the Salentine Peninsula, a sub-peninsula at the heel of the Italian Peninsula and is over 2,000 years old.