Directory

Encyclopedia

NodeWorks
                              ENCYCLOPEDIA

Link Checker

Home
Encyclopedia : S : SA : SAL :

Salento

 

Salento

Salento is the south-eastern extremity of Italy, a sub-peninsula of the main Italian peninsula, sometimes described as the "heel" of the Italian "boot". It is within the administrative area of Apulia (Puglia).

The peninsula is also known as Terra di Lecce, and in ancient times was called variously Iapygia, Messapia, Calbria, and Salentina.

See also


Salento is also a village of 2,017 inhabitants in the province of Salerno, Campania.



NodeWorks boosts web surfing!
Page Returned in 0.139 seconds - HTML Compressed 69.3%

This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
 GNU Free Documentation License
© 2008 Chamas Enterprises Inc.