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Nu curpa lu cattu se lu patrunu è mattu.

Non è colpa del gatto se il padrono è matto.

Tutti in ritiro!! E-mail
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Da domani inizia il ritiro 2008-09 della squadra giallorossa a Tarvisio.
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Cacia al Lecce E-mail
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Dopo l'addio di Abbruscato ecco finalmente l'arrivo del secondo attaccante da affiancare a Tiribocchi nella prossima stagione...
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The "Barocco leccese" E-mail
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The birth of the art "barocca" in Lecce happens in a precise historical moment: beginning from 1571 when, thank the Lepanto's battle, it comes removed in order always the threat of the Turkish invasions.

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The Salentine cuisine E-mail
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The salentine cuisine is characterized by a lot of local dishes with vegetables and fish. However, also meat has its own importance, especially horsemeat and lamb. Some characteristic local dishes are “pezzetti”, a horsemeat stew in a spicy sauce...

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History and etymology E-mail
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The toponym Salento has uncertain origins. According to the research of Mario Cosmai, the word “salento” seems to derive from “sale” (salt), meaning “land surrounded by salt-sea”. Romans, in fact, called Sallentini the inhabitants of  arid marshes that meet around the Gulf of Taranto.
According to the Greek geographer Strabone, the toponym seems to derive from the name of the Cretan colonists who settled in this land, called Salentini as native of the city of Salenzia.
In the end, we have the hypothesis of Marco Terenzio Varrone, according to which, the origin of the word “salento”, takes its name from an alliance drawn up “in salo”, that is “in the sea”, among three ethnic groups that lived there: Cretans, Illyrians, Locrians.
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