Soleto (
Griko: ;
Salentino
Salentino () is a dialect of the Extreme Southern Italian ( in Italian) spoken in the Salento peninsula, which is the southern part of the region of Apulia at the southern "heel" of the Italian peninsula.
Overview
Salentino is a dialect of the ...
: ; la, Soletum) is a small
Griko-speaking city located in the province of
Lecce
Lecce ( ); el, label= Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the provi ...
in
Apulia
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Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. The town has a total population of 5,542 and is one of the nine towns of
Grecìa Salentina where the greek dialect
Griko is spoken.
History
In the 5th century, Soleto was elevated to the seat of a bishopric of the
Byzantine Rite
The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople.
The canonical hours a ...
. In the Middle Ages it was ruled by Count
Gjon Kastrioti II (the Roman numeral is related to the Kastrioti dynasty), son of the
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and share ...
n national hero
Skanderbeg
, reign = 28 November 1443 – 17 January 1468
, predecessor = Gjon Kastrioti
, successor = Gjon Kastrioti II
, spouse = Donika Arianiti
, issue = Gjon Kastrioti II
, royal house = Kastrioti
, father ...
. In the 13th century the
Angevine rulers of
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adm ...
chose the city as the capital of a county, later ruled by the Castro, Balzo,
Orsini, Campofregoso, Castriota,
Sanseverino,
Carafa, and Gallarati-Scotti families, until feudal control was finally abolished in 1806. Soleto became part of the
Neapolitan Republic of 1799 and was a center of the
Carboneria during the Italian
Risorgimento
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.
Soleto Map
The
Soleto Map, the oldest geographical map in the Western world, was discovered in Soleto by Belgian archaeologist
Thierry van Compernolle of
Montpellier University on 21 August 2003.
Notable people
*
Matteo Tafuri (1492–1582),
philosopher
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,
astrologer
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and
physician
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
.
See also
*
Kastrioti
*
Orsini family
The House of Orsini is an Italian noble family that was one of the most influential princely families in medieval Italy and Renaissance Rome. Members of the Orsini family include five popes: Stephen II (752-757), Paul I (757-767), Celestine I ...
References
External links
Soleto on Line(in
Italian)
Photogallery of Soleto(in
English
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* English language
* English people
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)
Grecìa Salentina
Localities of Salento
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