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Nardò (Neritum or Neretum in Latin, Nerìton in Greek, Naretòn in Messapic, Nardó in local dialect) is an Italian municipality of 31 431 inhabitants in the province of Lecce in Apulia. It rises in a flat position southwest of the provincial capital and includes a stretch of the Ionian coast of Salento. With nearly 32,000 inhabitants and 190 square kilometers of territory, it is the second largest center in the province in terms of population and territorial extension and one of the most populous and culturally active centers in Salento. The historic center of Nardò boasts an extraordinary wealth of palaces, churches, chapels and individual architectural details making it one of the Lecce Baroque cities, on par with the centers of Lecce and Gallipoli. The center of Nardò represents a true jubilation of Baroque art, thanks to the very refined Piazza Salandra and the numerous churches that testify to the undisputed religious and artistic value of a town that became the seat of a diocese as early as 1413. We recall among others the Church of St. Dominic, the Church of St. Tryphon, the Church of St. Anthony and the monument of Hosanna near Porta San Paolo. Piazza Salandra houses the Immaculate Conception Spire of 15th-century origin, the City Palace, and the Sedile. There is also a castle erected between the 15th and 16th centuries, and other outstanding monuments are the imposing Romanesque-Gothic Cathedral, the Palace of the University, and the Achille Vergari Municipal Library, rich in as many as twenty-one thousand volumes of scientific, philosophical, and theological subjects. But the city guarantees a tourist attraction of exceptional interest also thanks to its splendid marinas, Santa Maria al Bagno, Santa Caterina, S. Isidoro and Porto Selvaggio.