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Bastion of the Urban Walls

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Bastion of the Urban Walls

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Location: Lecce, Apulia, Italy

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1. Le Cesine Nature Reserve – Torre di Roca Vecchia loop from Lecce

69.0km

02:46

170m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. Bastion of the Urban Walls – San Cataldo loop from Lecce

59.3km

02:19

150m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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3. Bastion of the Urban Walls – Seafront of Casalabate loop from Lecce

53.5km

02:06

110m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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December 5, 2020

The imposing fortification is a testimony of the sixteenth-century defensive interventions implemented by the Emperor Charles V to stem the Turkish invasions. The adaptation of the walls was entrusted to the architect Gian Giacomo dell’Acaya, and in 1542 received a new push by the governator Don Ferrante Loffredo. The walls were therefore replaced by a fortification equipped with bulwarks capable of resisting at the attack of the new war weapons of the time. The defensive front was about 60 meters long and consisted of two floors: the upper one beyond the level of the moat, and the lower one, partially excavated in the rocky bank which today corresponds to the internal planking level.

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Location: Lecce, Apulia, Italy

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Bastion of the Urban Walls

1. Le Cesine Nature Reserve – Torre di Roca Vecchia loop from Lecce

2. Bastion of the Urban Walls – San Cataldo loop from Lecce

3. Bastion of the Urban Walls – Seafront of Casalabate loop from Lecce

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