Latiano

{{about|the Italian comune|the American actress|Jill Latiano}} {{Infobox Italian comune | name = Latiano | official_name = Comune di Latiano | native_name = | image_skyline = Latiano_palazzo_Imperiali.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = View of the historical centre | image_shield = Latiano-Stemma.png | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|40|32|N|17|43|E|region:IT|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Apulia | province = Brindisi (BR) | frazioni = | mayor_party = | mayor = Cosimo Maiorano | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 54 | population_footnotes = <ref>Population from ISTAT</ref> | population_total = 14513 | population_as_of = 31 August 2017 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Latianesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | elevation_m = 97 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint =St. Margaret the Virgin | day = 20 July | postal_code = 72022 | area_code = 0831 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.latiano.br.it/}} | footnotes = }} '''Latiano''' (Brindisino: {{lang|scn|Latianu}}; Leccese: {{lang|scn|Latianea}}) is a ''comune'' in the province of Brindisi in Apulia, on the southeast coast of Italy. Its main economic activities are tourism and the growing of olives and grapes.

Bartolo Longo was a native of Latiano.

==Main sights== *Castle, or Palazzo Imperiali, built in the 12th century, but rebuilt several times until the current 18th-century appearance *Mother Church or ''Santa Maria della Neve'', restored in Baroque style in 1778. *Solise Tower *''Museo del Sottosuolo'' (Museum of the Underground), founded in 1973

==Twin towns== *{{flagicon|ITA}} Pompei, Italy, since 1980

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Cities and towns in Apulia Category:Localities of Salento