Torre dell’Orso
Torre dell’Orso is a tower in Melendugno, Lecce, Apulia. Torre dell’Orso is situated nearby to Hotel Belvedere, as well as near Piazzetta Enrico Mattei.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Poetry Cave and Torre Sant’Andrea di Missipezza Lighthouse.
Poetry Cave
Cave
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Poetry Cave is situated 1¼ km north of Torre dell’Orso.
Torre Sant’Andrea di Missipezza Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Mboesch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torre Sant'Andrea di Missipezza Lighthouse is an active lighthouse in the frazione of Torre Sant'Andrea in the municipality of Melendugno. Torre Sant’Andrea di Missipezza Lighthouse is situated 2½ km southeast of Torre dell’Orso.
Torre Roca Vecchia
Tower
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Torre Roca Vecchia is a tower, which is situated 1½ km north of Torre dell’Orso.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Roca and Conca Specchiulla.
Roca
Locality
Photo: Psymark, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roca is an archaeological site located on the Adriatic coast of Apulia in Southern Italy, a few kilometres from the modern town of Melendugno and close to the city of Lecce.
Conca Specchiulla
Hamlet
Photo: Freddyballo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Conca Specchiulla is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km south of Torre dell’Orso.
San Foca
Village
Photo: Florixc, Public domain.
San Foca is a village, which is situated 4 km northwest of Torre dell’Orso.
Torre dell’Orso
- Type: Tower
- Description: frazione del comune italiano di Melendugno
- Categories: frazione, building, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Melendugno, Lecce, Apulia, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.27451° or 40° 16′ 28″ northLongitude
18.43015° or 18° 25′ 49″ eastOpen location code
8FGW7CFJ+R3OpenStreetMap ID
way 424649745OpenStreetMap feature
building=towerOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q2493814
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Torre dell’Orso” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Torre dell’Orso”
- Chechen: “Торе дел’Орзо (Лече)”
- Chechen: “Торе дел’Орзо”
- Dutch: “Torre dell’Orso”
- French: “Torre dell’Orso”
- Hungarian: “Torre dell’Orso”
- Italian: “Torre dell’Orso”
- Japanese: “トッレ・デッロルソ”
- Serbian: “Торе дел’Орзо”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Torre dell’Orso, Lecce”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Torre dell’Orso”
- Tatar: “Торе дел’Орзо (Лече)”
- Tatar: “Торе дел’Орзо”
- Turkish: “Torre dell’Orso”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hotel Belvedere and Torre dell’Orso.
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