ArtWork – LeccEcclesiae

ArtWork is the cultural company that, in collaboration with the archdiocese of Lecce, opens and looks after the city's great baroque churches with the LeccEcclesiae project. With its ticket you enter the Duomo, the Basilica of Santa Croce, the churches of Santa Chiara and San Matteo and the Old Seminary with the Museum of Sacred Art (MuDAS).

What it organises

• LeccEcclesiae ticket: €11 for adults and €5 from 12 to 17 years, with a family ticket of €24 for two adults and their children aged 12 to 17. It is valid for 15 days and allows one entry to each monument, so you can spread the visit over several days.
• Full ticket: €21 for adults (€13 from 12 to 17 years, €48 family). Adds the climb up the bell tower.
• UP! il Campanile del Duomo: a lift goes up to the third level of the tower, with four balconies at 43 metres. Slots every 20 minutes, 15 people per slot, €12.
• I Misteri di Santa Croce: a one-hour visit to the basilica in darkness, with light and music, on Friday nights, for 30 people at most and with access to the rose-window balcony. €20; free for under-12s.

Hours and where to buy

The churches on the circuit are open every day: from 9:00 to 18:00 in the winter period and from 9:00 to 21:00 in the summer one. You may enter up to 15 minutes before closing. Tickets are bought on their website, at the central ticket office in the Old Seminary, on Piazza del Duomo, and at the one in Santa Croce, by card or in cash. Timed-slot ones can be bought up to two hours before.