Nardò

{{redirect|Nardo}} {{Infobox Italian comune | name = Nardò | official_name = Comune di Nardò | native_name = {{native name|el|Neríton}} | image_skyline = Nardò Colonna.JPG | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = 18th century column in Piazza Salandra | image_shield = Nardò-Stemma.svg | shield_alt = | image_map = Map of comune of Nardò (province of Lecce, region Apulia, Italy).svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Nardò within the Province of Lecce | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|40|10|47|N|18|02|00|E|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Apulia | province = Lecce (LE) | frazioni = Boncore, Cenate(li megghiu), Pagani, Palude del Capitano, Portoselvaggio, Roccacannuccia, Santa Caterina, Sant'Isidoro, Santa Maria al Bagno, Torre Inserraglio, Torre Uluzzo, Villaggio Resta | mayor_party = | mayor = Giuseppe Mellone | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 190.48 | population_footnotes = <ref name="istat">{{in lang|it}} [http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2014gen/index.html Source]: Istat 2014</ref> | population_total = 31442 | population_as_of = 30 November 2017 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Neretini | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 45 | twin1 = | twin1_country = |istat=075052| saint = St. Gregory the Illuminator | day = February 20 | postal_code = 73048 | area_code = 0833 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.nardo.le.it}} | footnotes = }} '''Nardò''' ({{langx|la|Neritum}} or {{lang|la|Neretum}}; {{langx|cms|Nareton}}) is a town and ''comune'' in the southern Italian region of Apulia, in the Province of Lecce.

Lies on a lowland area placed at south-west of its Province, its border includes part of the Ionian coast of Salento.

For centuries, it had been one of the central cities of the Byzantine Empire. In 1497 the ducal House of Acquaviva acquired it under their domain. During those years it became the main cultural hotspot of Salento, seat of many universities, academies, literary and philosophical studies. It was given the name of ''Nuoua Atene litterarum''.

With almost 32,000 inhabitants and 190 squared kilometres of land, it is the second largest and most populated city among those in the Province, right after Lecce, and also one of the most culturally active towns of Salento. The Old Town is particularly rich with palaces, churches, chapels and other architectural details shaped accordingly to the principles of Lecce's Baroque style. Indeed, the city is a significant example of this art movement along with Gallipoli and Lecce.

The stretch of coast wet by the Ionian Sea is split into small inhabited fractions such as Santa Caterina, Santa Maria al Bagno, Sant'Isidoro and Porto Selvaggio. The latter is a Nature Reserve created by a reforestation that happened during 1950s.

==Geography== Part of Salento, Nardò is located in the north-western area of the province, by the Ionian Sea. The municipality borders with Avetrana (TA), Copertino, Galatina, Galatone, Leverano, Porto Cesareo, Salice Salentino and Veglie. thumb|240px|Details of the façade of the church of San Domenico.

==History== right|thumb|Piazza Salandra. Traces of human presence in the area dates from Palaeolithic times. The settlement was founded by the Messapi around the year 1000 BC. The Romans conquered it in 269 BC and built the Via Traiana through it. After the fall of the Western Empire it was under the Byzantines and the Lombards.

In 1055 the Normans captured Nardò. Their heirs were ousted by the Angevines in 1266. In 1497 the Aragonese gave it to Andrea Matteo Acquaviva, whose son Belisario was the first Duke of Nardò, and promoted the Renaissance in the city.

In 1647 the city rebelled against the Spanish domination, but the viceroyal troops suppressed the riot with heavy terms.

==Nardò DOC== The area around Nardò produces red and ''rose'' Italian DOC wines. The grapes are limited to a harvest yield of 18 tonnes/ha with the finished needing a minimum alcohol level of 12.5%. The wines are primarily composed of 80-100% Negroamaro with Montepulciano and Malvasia Nera permitted to fill in the remaining 20%.<ref>P. Saunders ''Wine Label Language'' pg 186 Firefly Books 2004 {{ISBN|1-55297-720-X}}</ref>

==Main sights== *The ''Piazza Salandra'' is the center of the town. *Nardò Cathedral, built around 1000 AD. It has an 18th-century façade, but the interior has maintained the Romanesque-Gothic original appearance. *Church of ''San Domenico'' (16th-18th centuries). It has a highly decorated façade with Baroque caryatids, columns and vegetable figures. *''Chiesa del Carmine'', with a fine Renaissance portal. *Church of ''San Cosimo'' (1618) *Temple of the Osanna (1603) *Nardò Ring in Nardò is used as a test track for driving at high speeds.

==People== *Daniele Greco, triple jumper *Amanda Lamb, British model *Fabrizio Miccoli, footballer *Giuliano Sangiorgi, singer-songwriter

==Sister cities== *{{flagicon|Israel}} Atlit, Israel *{{flagicon|ITA}} Fiorano Modenese, Italy *{{flagicon|ITA}} Conversano, Italy *{{flagicon|Armenia}} Gyumri, Armenia

==In film== Nardò is the location of the Tomatina-inspired tomato festival in the 2014 British musical film, Walking on Sunshine.<ref name="FT">[https://www.ft.com/content/c1341406-f899-11e3-815f-00144feabdc0 On location: ‘Walking on Sunshine’], Joanne O'Connor, 27 June 2014, Financial Times</ref>

Sei mai stata sulla Luna? (2015)

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Nardò (1991–2020) |Jan high C = 13.1 |Feb high C = 14.0 |Mar high C = 16.4 |Apr high C = 19.7 |May high C = 24.6 |Jun high C = 29.4 |Jul high C = 32.2 |Aug high C = 32.0 |Sep high C = 27.1 |Oct high C = 22.8 |Nov high C = 18.2 |Dec high C = 14.4 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 9.5 |Feb mean C = 10.2 |Mar mean C = 12.2 |Apr mean C = 15.3 |May mean C = 19.8 |Jun mean C = 24.4 |Jul mean C = 27.0 |Aug mean C = 27.0 |Sep mean C = 22.7 |Oct mean C = 18.6 |Nov mean C = 14.5 |Dec mean C = 10.8 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 5.8 |Feb low C = 6.4 |Mar low C = 8.1 |Apr low C = 10.8 |May low C = 15.0 |Jun low C = 19.3 |Jul low C = 21.9 |Aug low C = 22.0 |Sep low C = 18.4 |Oct low C = 14.5 |Nov low C = 10.8 |Dec low C = 7.3 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 63 |Feb precipitation mm = 54 |Mar precipitation mm = 68 |Apr precipitation mm = 38 |May precipitation mm = 28 |Jun precipitation mm = 20 |Jul precipitation mm = 18 |Aug precipitation mm = 32 |Sep precipitation mm = 54 |Oct precipitation mm = 81 |Nov precipitation mm = 91 |Dec precipitation mm = 81 |year precipitation mm = |Jan humidity = 82 |Feb humidity = 77 |Mar humidity = 75 |Apr humidity = 74 |May humidity = 70 |Jun humidity = 66 |Jul humidity = 63 |Aug humidity = 67 |Sep humidity = 71 |Oct humidity = 77 |Nov humidity = 81 |Dec humidity = 83 |source 1 = Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale<ref name = ISPRA>{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230917192649/https://valori-climatici-normali.isprambiente.it/ | archive-date = 17 September 2023 | url = https://valori-climatici-normali.isprambiente.it/ | title = Valori climatici normali in Italia | publisher=Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale | access-date = 8 December 2024}}</ref> |source 2 =Il Meteo (precipitation and humidity)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ilmeteo.it/portale/medie-climatiche/Nard%F2 |title=Clima Nardò - Medie climatich |language=IT|publisher= ilmeteo.it |access-date=8 December 2024 }}</ref> }}

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==External links== *{{in lang|it}} [http://www.comune.nardo.le.it Official website] *[http://www.sispropertyandtourism.co.uk/Video.php Views of the Baroque land of Nardò] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205063118/https://www.sispropertyandtourism.co.uk/Video.php |date=2020-12-05 }} *[http://www.gotonardo.blogspot.com Useful information and contacts about Nardò] *[http://www.sispropertyandtourism.co.uk/Getting-There.php How to get to Nardò] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622023340/http://www.sispropertyandtourism.co.uk/Getting-There.php |date=2012-06-22 }} *[http://www.sispropertyandtourism.co.uk/Salento-Gallery.php Puglia Photo Gallery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205060930/https://www.sispropertyandtourism.co.uk/Salento-Gallery.php |date=2020-12-05 }} *[http://www.studioimmobiliarespano.it/SantaMariaAlBagno-WebCam-Live.php Nardò coast live webcam] * [http://www.salentu.info/ Salento] {{in lang|it}} {{commons category|position=left|Nardò|<br>Nardò}}

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