Group Description

Soleto is a small Greek-speaking city located in the province of Lecce in Apulia, Italy. The town has a total population of 5,537 and is one of the nine towns of Grecìa Salentina.
In the 5th century, Soleto was probably elevated to bishopric seat, of Greek rite. In the 13th century the Angevine rules of Naples chose the city a capital of a county, ruled by the di Castro, Del Balzo, Orsini, Campofregoso, Castriota and Sanseverino, Carafa and Gallarati-Scotti families, until feudalism was abrogated in 1806. Soleto took part to the Neapolitan Republic of 1799 and a was a center of Carboneria during the Italian Risorgimento (source: wikipedia)
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Soleto (Sulítu in dialetto salentino e Sulíto/Σουλίτο in grico o griko) è un comune italiano di circa 5300 abitanti della provincia di Lecce in Puglia / penisola salentina.

Collocato in Salento ed equidistante dal mare Adriatico e dallo Ionio, fa parte della Grecìa Salentina, isola linguistica in cui si parla una lingua di derivazione greca, il grico.