# Lecce's Baroque with the LeccEcclesiae ticket: Santa Croce, the Duomo and three more churches

Visit · 2–3 h · Every day · From €11

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/salento/things-to-do/lecce-baroque-leccecclesiae · Revisado: 2026-11-12

Dónde: Salento

Lecce is the city of the Baroque in southern Italy. Its churches are carved in Lecce stone, a pale, soft limestone that could be worked almost like wood, and which turns golden at sunset. The LeccEcclesiae ticket opens for you, in a single route, the five jewels of that Baroque, a few minutes' walk from each other.

## What the ticket includes

Basilica of Santa Croce. The city's most famous facade: begun in 1549 and finished in 1695, it is covered in animals, grotesque figures, garlands and a great rose window. Inside, the white of the stone and the carved side altars.

Duomo, in the square of the same name, which closes like a courtyard with the bishop's palace and the Old Seminary. Beside it rises the bell tower.

Old Seminary, with its cloister, the chapel of San Gregorio and the MuDAS, the diocese's Museum of Sacred Art.

San Matteo and Santa Chiara, two smaller Baroque churches in the historic centre, a few minutes' walk away.

The Duomo's bell tower is not included: with the full ticket, at €21, you also go up by lift to its balconies at 43 metres (see the bell tower climb).

## Price, hours and how to buy

The ticket costs €11; ages 12 to 17, €5; and there is a family ticket for €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 see Santa Croce one day and the Duomo another.

The monuments are open every day: from 9:00 to 18:00 in the winter period and from 9:00 to 21:00 in the summer. Entry is until 15 minutes before closing. During Mass there is no visiting: the website publishes the calendar of services.

Buy on the LeccEcclesiae website or at the ticket offices in Piazza del Duomo, inside the Old Seminary, and at Santa Croce.

## Where to start

Start at Santa Croce, first thing, when the light hits the facade from the side and there are fewer groups. Cross Piazza Sant'Oronzo and continue to Piazza del Duomo: in about ten minutes on foot you are at the second monument. Leave San Matteo and Santa Chiara for the end, on the way to Piazza Sant'Oronzo and the amphitheatre. Taking your time, allow two and a half hours.

On Friday evenings, I Misteri di Santa Croce opens the basilica in the dark for 30 people, with light, music and access to the rose window balcony: one hour, €20, or €12 if you already have the LeccEcclesiae ticket.

## Consejos

### Go early to Santa Croce
By mid-morning the groups arrive and the square fills up.

### Come back at sunset
The facades change colour in the low light. You do not need a ticket to see them from outside.

### Check the Masses
During services there is no visiting; the website publishes them by day.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### How much does it cost to enter Santa Croce?
You enter with the LeccEcclesiae ticket, at €11, which also includes the Duomo and three other monuments.

### Can I see everything in one day?
Yes, in two or three hours. The ticket is valid for 15 days if you prefer to spread it out.

### Is it open on Sundays?
Yes, every day, except during Mass.

### Is there a discount for children?
Ages 12 to 17 pay €5; there is a family ticket for €24.