VALLE DELLA CUPA

(Valley of Cupa) - Area of Italy centered around the town of Lecce, including the towns of Trepuzzi, Novoli, Carmiano, Arnesano, Monteroni, San Pietro in Lama, Lequile and San Cesareo di Lecce. Thanks to the particularly beautiful countryside and panorama, since XV century the region's aristocracy has elected the area as the ideal place for country-life and there has build numerous villas and mansions. The area is located at the heart of the Salento peninsula (a massive rock of limestone that divides the Adriatic sea from the Ionian sea). The area is on the South of the Italian region Apulia (Italian: Puglia).