Editing Otranto (section)

==Main sights==
[[File:"Otranto eine kleine Hafenstadt mit wechselvoller Geschichte". 16.jpg|thumb|289x289px|View from the bastion to Otranto]]
[[File:"Ein Gesamtkunstwerk aus 10 Millionen Mosaiksteinen bedeckt die Bodenflächen der Kathedrale" 01.jpg|thumb|The Cathedral of Otranto]]
[[File:Torre Sant'Emiliano (Otranto, LE).JPG|thumb|Torre Sant'Emiliano, not far from the ''Palascìa'' lighthouse]]
[[File:"Otranto eine kleine Hafenstadt mit wechselvoller Geschichte". 19.jpg|thumb|The harbor of Otranto seen from the historic center]]
Otranto main sights include:
* The ''Castello Aragonese'' (Castle), reinforced by Emperor [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]] and rebuilt by [[Alphonso II of Naples]] in 1485–98. It has an irregular plan with five sides, with a moat running along the entire perimeter. In origin it had a single entrance, reachable through a [[draw-bridge]]. Towers include three cylindrical ones and a bastion called ''Punta di Diamante'' ("Diamond's Head"). The entrance sports the coat of arms of Emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]].
* The ''[[Otranto Cathedral|Cathedral]]'', consecrated in 1088, a work of Count Roger I adorned later (about 1163), by Bishop Jonathas, with a mosaic floor; it has a rose window and side portal of 1481. The interior, a basilica with nave and two aisles, contains columns said to come from a temple of Minerva and a fine mosaic pavement of 1166, with interesting representations of the months, [[Old Testament]] subjects and others.{{sfn|Ashby|1911}} Bones and relics of the [[Martyrs of Otranto]], who perished in the 15th-century siege surround the high altar.  The church has a crypt supported by 42 marble columns. The same Count Roger also founded a Basilian monastery here, which, under Abbot Nicetas, became a place of study; its library was nearly all bought by [[Bessarion]].
* The church of ''San Pietro'', with Byzantine frescoes.
* The catacombs of ''Torre Pinta''.
* ''Idro'', a small river which the toponym Otranto stems from.