Tag: putto

She-Wolf and Oak Tree, Symbols of Lecce, on the Façade of the Church of Saint Irene

Baroque churches of Lecce are filled with putti frolicking amidst birds and pomegranates, twisting Solomonic columns covered with intricate lacelike carvings, images of saints and some of their bones.

The patron of Lecce, Saint Orontius, atop the Cathedral

Saint Lucy

Saint Irene

Saint Orontius in Diocesan Museum

Bell tower adjacent to Cathedral

Saint Anthony

Church of Saint Irene, Chiesa de Sant’Irene

Altar to Saint Anthony

keys to city presented to reliquary of Saint Bernardino Realino in Chiesa del Gesu

reliquaries

Church of Saint Matthew, Chiesa di San Matteo

Piazza del Duomo, Cathedral on left

statue and reqliquary of Saint Bernardino Realino in Chiesa del Gesu

Baroque well in the cloisters of the Seminary Palace

Altar dedicated to Saint Anthony