Galleria

Elimuccia

She’s the star of the show, Emiluccia. Her colour, is our colour as a school (Pantone 1837). She magically appears in many of our class pictures, and never seems happier than when flying through the Salento countryside, with torch songs from the 1970s, her coming of age. Here is a short film about her. One of my first. Video: Silvestro & Emiluccia: True Love Always! Her best feature though is that she lets me think that everyone is smiling at me as we pass.

il Salento

The Salento is one of the flattest regions of all of Italy, mostly due to the giant slab of sandstone that runs from coast to coast and down into the seas that make up the Mediterranean (in our case, the Adriatic and the Ionian).The lack of hills makes the Salento special, if only for what the region lacks. Mainly, cows and pigs.To find out how this has been a historical strength, read further around our site. Or come visit.

la pappa (food)​

Pappa, is slang for ‘food’ here in Italy.This gallery is about food, not just as plates and recipes at a cookery course in Italy but as ingredients and food preparation, the way that food reflects Puglia, the Salento and Lecce, this very special part of the world.There is a lot beyond le orecchiette and il negroamaro. We’ll add to this often so be certain to return.

La Vita Leccese

Lecce is one of the prettiest cities in Europe, even if the majority of international travellers have never even heard of it, let alone visited. It’s the cultural capitol of the Salento, the ‘heel’ of the Italian boot.Lecce is home to a significant university, respected nationally and internationally for the study of languages and for the research and development of nanotechnology.The city is always famous inside of Italy as a film town, with many spots, television serials and feature films make the city as one of its characters.