{"id":1967,"date":"2017-10-23T16:37:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salentodolcevita.com\/blog\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2019-01-15T14:51:58","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T13:51:58","slug":"lecce-citta-darte-contemporanea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salentodolcevita.com\/blog\/en\/lecce-citta-darte-contemporanea\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecce, a city of (contemporary) art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Popular for the Baroque in the local declination of Lecce Baroque.
\nBeloved for its churches and theaters.
\nSeeked for its squares and small courts.<\/p>\n

But Lecce is not just this! The small city of the deep south has a subtle ferment that starts off from the suburbs, covers with colors all over the center and moves towards extra urban areas.<\/p>\n

Among the graffiti, street art, creative writing and modern design,\u00a0let’s meet this small town\u00a0that is more inspired by Berlin\u00a0than Florence, and which, eventually, doesn’t fear comparisons.<\/p>\n

Literary circles, creative writing and reading.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"rivoluzione<\/a><\/p>\n

The most attentive readers and those who study the emerging scenery of literature have already noticed that there is an Apulian school that starts from today’s famous authors (from La Gioia to Carofiglio) and inspires all the newest levers of literary fiction.<\/p>\n

Lecce is very lively from this point of view, succeeding in joining in small literary circles in the heart of the historic center, territorial belonging and love for writing, which blend and become an all-local style.<\/p>\n

In addition to places such as the\u00a0Fondo Verri\u00a0and the\u00a0Caff\u00e9 Letterario, which periodically hold meetings on the narrative technique and many book presentations of\u00a0local emerging authors in all the libraries of the city, there are spaces dedicated to the art of reading and writing. The two things go hand in hand.
\nAn example of this is the Molly Bloom project<\/strong>, which is inspired by the most famous literary and introspective journey of literature,\u00a0the one described in\u00a0\u00a0Joyce’s Ulysses. Lecce is one of the 3 cities where the courses are held, together with Milan and Rome.<\/p>\n

Street art & graffiti:\u00a0a suburb story<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"street<\/a>
street art a Lecce , zona 167 B<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The golden and ros\u00e9 color of the old town and its stone blend in strong and intense colors in the suburbs, which have seen in recent years the holding of international graffiti festivals. These have made many peripheral areas real open-air museums.<\/p>\n

Areas not to be missed for graffiti art lovers are the 167 district, in the areas of the church of San Giovanni Battista and San Massimiliano Kolbe, via Taranto, with its graphic tributes to the poet Bodini.<\/p>\n

For those who want to combine sea and graffiti, San Cataldo is the right destination to read strong political messages and an art story of the most contemporary instances.<\/p>\n