Santa Maria di Leuca

Santa Maria di Leuca, often spelled simply Leuca (Greek: Λευκά,^[1] from Leukos, "white"), is a frazione of the comune of Castrignano del Capo, in the Salento peninsula (Apulia), southern Italy. A part of the town once belonged to the comune of Gagliano del Capo.

The territory between Otranto and Santa Maria di Leuca has become a Regional Natural Coastal Park of "Costa Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca e Bosco di Tricase". In this area, in the comune of Gagliano Del Capo, is located Ciolo.

^ Nicolaos Lorentis: Lexicon ton archaion kyrion onomaton tis mythologias, istorias kai geographias. "Λευκά, τα, Leuca. Πόλις της Καλαβρίας χωρας έν τή Κάτω Ιταλία, τανύν S. Maria di Leuca. Leucá, town of Calabria in southern Italy, present-day Santa Maria di Leuca", Vienna 1837, page 179

[1] Nicolaos Lorentis: Lexicon ton archaion kyrion onomaton tis mythologias, istorias kai geographias. "Λευκά, τα, Leuca. Πόλις της Καλαβρίας χωρας έν τή Κάτω Ιταλία, τανύν S. Maria di Leuca. Leucá, town of Calabria in southern Italy, present-day Santa Maria di Leuca", Vienna 1837, page 179

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