Lecce - Santi Nicolò e Cataldo

From the Palazzo del Governo we go north along Via Umberto I and in 100m/110yd turn left into Via Principe di Savoia to reach the Porta di Napoli, on the west end of the old town, a triumphal arch erected in 1548, and a memorial to Charles V. Northwest of this is the Campo Santo, with the church of Santi Nicolò e Cataldo, founded by the Norman Count Tancred in 1180, with a superb Romanesque doorway in the center of the Baroque facade of 1716 showing Arabian influence. The harmonious interior, with strong influence of French Gothic, has beautiful capitals.