Santa Chiara
Guide
Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeChurchAllow 10–20 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A baroque church with a ceiling made of papier-mâché painted to look like wood, a Lecce craft still alive today.
A brief history
Rebuilt in the 1690s; papier-mâché saints are still made in workshops round the city.
Tips
- Best time
- Afternoon
- Cost
- On the combined ticket (check)
- Allow
- 10–20 min
- Hours
- Usually open daily (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- The old town: Baroque churches in honey-coloured stone, the Roman amphitheatre and the evening passeggiata.
- Dress code
- Shoulders and knees covered
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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