Editing Calimera (section)

{{Short description|Comune in Apulia, Italy}}
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Calimera
| official_name       = Comune di Calimera
| native_name         = [[Griko]]: {{lang|el|Kalimèra}}
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| image_shield        = Calimera-Stemma.svg
| shield_alt          = Coat of arms of Calimera
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| pushpin_label_position = left
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| coordinates         = {{coord|40|15|N|18|17|E|region:IT_type:city(7363)|display=inline,title}}
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| region              =    {{flag|Apulia}}
| province            = {{ProvinciaIT|sigla=LE}} (LE)
| frazioni            = 
| mayor_party         = 
| mayor               = Gianluca Tommasi from 21-9-2020
| area_footnotes      = 
| area_total_km2      = 11.14
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total    = 6753
| population_as_of    = 31 December 2021
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| population_demonym  = Calimeresi
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m         = 56
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| saint               = Saints Brizio and Maria di Roca
| day                 = 29 July
| postal_code         = 73021
| area_code           = 0832
| website             = {{official website|https://www.comune.calimera.le.it/}}
| footnotes           = 
}}

'''Calimera''' ([[Griko]]: {{lang|el|Καλημέρα}} <small>[[literal translation|lit.]]</small> "good morning"), is a small town of 6,753 inhabitants (2021) in the [[Grecìa Salentina]] area of the [[Salento]] [[peninsula]] in [[Italy]], located between [[Gallipoli, Apulia|Gallipoli]] and [[Otranto]]. It belongs to the province of [[Lecce]].

The inhabitants of Calimera, alongside [[Italian language|Italian]], also speak [[Griko language|Griko]], a Greek dialect. The language, [[folklore]], [[tradition]]s and [[history]] of Calimera, like those of the eight other cities in the area called "Salentine Greece", reveal significant Greek influences over the course of time, presumably from the time of the Byzantine control, or even the ancient [[Magna Graecia]] [[Apoikia|colonisation]] in the 8th century BCE.

In the park, there is a small monument containing an ancient Attic [[burial stone]], given by the city of [[Athens]] to Calimera in 1960. At the top of this monument is a motto, referring to the burial stone: ''"Zeni su en ise ettù sti Kalimera"'' (in [[Greek alphabet|Greek script]]: Τσένη 'σού 'εν είσαι ετού στη Καλημέρα), meaning "You are not a stranger here in Calimera", which underlines the close relationship and common origins of Calimera with the rest of Greek civilisation.