Chiesa di San Matteo

Martina De Pascali for Lonely Planet

Tourists walk past the Church of San Matteo.

Known by the locals as Santa Maria della Luce, this graceful little church bears the fingerprints of Giuseppe Zimbalo, as much of baroque Lecce does. The famed architect completed the building, with its elaborate facade and more restrained interior, when the original architect died before completion.

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