Lecce - Santa Croce

North of Piazza Sant'Oronzo in Lecce in the Piazza della Prefettura the magnificent Baroque church of Santa Croce has an elaborately decorated facade (begun 1548, completed 1697 onwards) and a fine interior. Adjoining it on the north is the extensive and richly ornamented facade of the Celestine convent (13th century) which belonged to the church; now Palazzo del Governo.