Today we drove for a good half-hour to visit Lecce and then returned to Gallipoli late afternoon.


They call this Lecce baroque.


Soft stone produces quick results.


Papier-mâché produces quick results too – a Lecce speciality.


Not a paper tiger, it’s a paper elephant.


No, they’re not his ears, it used to be a fashionable hair-do!


Nice green roof!

The Basilica di Santa Croce. The stone masons had their fun here.