Lecce · Apulia
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About Lecce
Lecce is a city you read with your hands as much as your eyes: honey-coloured local stone carved into balconies, churches and courtyards, and workshops where papier-mâché and stone are still shaped the old way. Start with the Lecce: Walking Tour of Baroque Art and Craftsmanship to understand how the Baroque here differs from anywhere else in Italy, then get your hands dirty in a Papier-Mâché Class in Lecce: Craft Your Own Artwork and take home something you actually made.
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Lecce's identity is built on local limestone, soft enough to carve into the florid facades of the Basilica di Santa Croce and the Duomo, and on a living craft tradition of stone-carving and papier-mâché. Experiences here tend to be hands-on and artisan-led rather than museum-based: you look at the Baroque, then work with the same materials in a.
