Editing Soleto

{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Soleto
| official_name       = Comune di Soleto
| native_name         = {{native name|el|Sulìto}}
| image_skyline       = Soleto.jpg
| imagesize           = 
| image_alt           = 
| image_caption       = Plazza and town Church of Soleto
| image_shield        = Soleto-Stemma.svg
| shield_alt          = Coat of arms
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| pushpin_label_position = left
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| coordinates         = {{coord|40|11|N|18|12|E|region:IT|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| region              =    {{flag|Apulia}}
| province            = {{ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=LE}} (LE)
| mayor_party         = 
| mayor               = 
| area_footnotes      = 
| area_total_km2      = 29
| population_footnotes = <ref>Population from [[Istituto Nazionale di Statistica|ISTAT]]</ref>
| population_total    = 5523
| population_as_of    = 30 November 2014
| pop_density_footnotes = 
| population_demonym  = Soletani
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_min_m     =
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| elevation_m         = 91
| saint               = [[St. Anthony of Padua]]
| day                 =  
| postal_code         = 73010
| area_code           = 0836
| website             = {{official website|http://www.comune.soleto.le.it/}}
| footnotes           =
| istat               = 075076
| frazioni          = 
}}
'''Soleto''' ([[Griko]]: {{lang|el|Sulìtu}}; [[Salentino]]: {{lang|scn|Sulìtu}}; {{langx|la|Soletum}}) is a small [[Griko language|Griko]]-speaking city located in the province of [[Lecce]] in [[Apulia]], [[Italy]]. The town has a total population of 5,542 and is one of the nine towns of [[Grecìa Salentina]] where the Greek dialect [[Griko]] is spoken.

==History==
In the 5th century, Soleto was elevated to the seat of a bishopric of the [[Byzantine Rite]]. In the Middle Ages it was ruled by Count [[Gjon Kastrioti II]], son of the [[Albanians|Albanian]] national hero [[Gjergj Kastrioti]]. In the 13th century the [[County of Anjou|Angevine]] rulers of [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]] chose the city as the capital of a county, later ruled by the Castro, Balzo, [[Orsini family|Orsini]], Campofregoso, Castriota, [[House of Sanseverino|Sanseverino]], [[House of Carafa|Carafa]], and Gallarati-Scotti families, until feudal control was finally abolished in 1806. Soleto became part of the [[Neapolitan Republic (1799)|Neapolitan Republic of 1799]] and was a center of the [[Carboneria]] during the Italian [[Risorgimento]].

==Soleto Map==
The [[Soleto Map]], the oldest geographical map in the Western world, was discovered in Soleto by Belgian archaeologist [[Thierry van Compernolle]] of [[Montpellier University]] on 21 August 2003.

==Notable people==

* [[Matteo Tafuri]] (1492&ndash;1582), [[philosopher]], [[astrologer]] and [[physician]].

==See also==
*[[Kastrioti family|Kastrioti]]
*[[Orsini family]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.soletoonline.it/ Soleto on Line] (in [[Italian language|Italian]])
* [https://www.flickr.com/groups/soleto Photogallery of Soleto] (in [[English language|English]])

{{Salentinian Greece}}
{{Province of Lecce}}
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[[Category:Grecìa Salentina]]
[[Category:Localities of Salento]]


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