Otranto | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-03

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00:01:15 1 History
00:02:27 1.1 Ottoman invasion
00:04:03 1.2 Napoleonic Wars
00:04:42 1.3 World War I
00:05:17 1.4 World War II
00:05:42 2 Geography
00:05:51 2.1 Climate
00:06:09 3 Main sights
00:07:59 4 Culture
00:08:44 5 International relations
00:08:54 5.1 Twin towns – Sister cities
00:09:09 6 See also
00:09:26 7 Sources and references
00:10:11 8 External links



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Otranto (UK: , US: , Italian: [ˈɔːtranto]; Salentino: Uṭṛàntu; Griko: Δερεντό, romanized: Derentò; Ancient Greek: Ὑδροῦς, romanized: Hudroûs; Latin: Hydruntum) is a town and comune in the province of Lecce (Apulia, Italy), in a fertile region once famous for its breed of horses.
It is located on the east coast of the Salento peninsula. The Strait of Otranto, to which the city gives its name, connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea and separates Italy from Albania. The harbour is small and has little trade.
The lighthouse Faro della Palascìa, at approximately 5 kilometres (3 miles) southeast of Otranto, marks the most easterly point of the Italian mainland.
About 50 kilometres (31 mi) south lies the promontory of Santa Maria di Leuca (so called since ancient times from its white cliffs, leukos being Greek for white), the southeastern extremity of Italy, the ancient Promontorium lapygium or Sallentinum. The district between this promontory and Otranto is thickly populated and very fertile.