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Basilica and Sanctuary of Santa Maria de Finibus Terrae
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Basilica and Sanctuary of Santa Maria de Finibus Terrae
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Basilica and Sanctuary of Santa Maria de Finibus Terrae
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guido gazzaniga
April 1, 2022
Road cycling
The name Santa Maria di Leuca derives from the Greek "leukós" or white, this perhaps due to the color of the rocks, or for the houses painted with lime, or …
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•Roberto Nuzzo
November 18, 2020
Mountain biking
Santa Maria di Leuca is the southernmost point of Salento and is striking for its colors and the unreal silence that surrounds the church to which it owes its name - first sanctuary, today basilica - also known as Santa Maria De finibus terrae (from the end of the world ), based on an ancient belief that considered it to be at the limit of all emerged lands.
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•Cris
December 10, 2020
Road cycling
It's the most southern place of Apulia region and houses the church dating back to the mid-1700s - before sanctuary, then basilica - also called as 'Santa Maria De finibus Terrae' (of the end of the world), due to an ancient belief that considered it as the limit of all emerged lands. Today this place, where also is based the homonym lighthouse, also represents the union of the two sea: the eastern Adriatic and the western Ionian.
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