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Byzantine Crypt of San Salvatore

Byzantine Crypt of San Salvatore

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Byzantine Crypt of San Salvatore

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Location: Giurdignano, Lecce, Apulia, Italy

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Pino r

October 14, 2022

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Crypt entirely excavated in the tuff bank, one of the most interesting and best preserved. Built about thirteen centuries ago, it has only been discovered a few decades ago. To visit to go back in time and immerse yourself in a mystical environment.
For the visit, ask for the advice of the very prepared local guides: n. phone on the internet.

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Salento Bike Trail

March 29, 2023

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Included in the collection Salento Bizantino komoot.it/collection/1811756/-salento-bizantino - At the end of the 80s, during a restoration operation, there was the unexpected discovery of numerous burials, all now violated and devoid of mortal remains and /or grave goods of any kind, constituting a real necropolis, dug into the tufaceous bank mortals and/or funeral kits of any kind, constituting a real necropolis, dug out of the tuffaceous bank. [source: comune.giurdignano.le.it/territorio/da-visitare/item/cripta-bizantina-di-san-salvatore]
To visit it you need to contact the Proloco. No indication of opening hours and days. Normally the crypt is closed.

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Cris

December 7, 2020

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It's a jewel of rocky architecture, dating back to the VIII century. The staircase leads to the crypt, dug entirely in the tuff rock bank, and divided into three naves …

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