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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| pushpin_label_position = left
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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
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_min_m =
| elevation_max_m =
| 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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