Latiano

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{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Latiano

| official_name = Comune di Latiano

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| image_skyline = Latiano_palazzo_Imperiali.jpg

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| image_caption = View of the historical centre

| image_shield = Latiano-Stemma.png

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| coordinates = {{coord|40|32|N|17|43|E|region:IT|display=inline}}

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| region = Apulia

| province = Brindisi (BR)

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| mayor_party =

| mayor = Cosimo Maiorano

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 54

| population_footnotes = Population from ISTAT

| population_total = 14513

| population_as_of = 31 August 2017

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| population_demonym = Latianesi

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| elevation_min_m =

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| elevation_m = 97

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| saint =St. Margaret the Virgin

| day = 20 July

| postal_code = 72022

| area_code = 0831

| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.latiano.br.it/}}

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Latiano (Brindisino: {{lang|scn|Latianu}}; Leccese: {{lang|scn|Latianea}}) is a comune in the province of Brindisi in Apulia, on the southeast coast of Italy. Its main economic activities are tourism and the growing of olives and grapes.

Bartolo Longo was a native of Latiano.

Main sights

  • Castle, or Palazzo Imperiali, built in the 12th century, but rebuilt several times until the current 18th-century appearance
  • Mother Church or Santa Maria della Neve, restored in Baroque style in 1778.
  • Solise Tower
  • Museo del Sottosuolo (Museum of the Underground), founded in 1973

Twin towns

  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Pompei, Italy, since 1980

References

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Category:Cities and towns in Apulia

Category:Localities of Salento

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