Basilica of Santa Croce

The Basilica of Santa Croce is a church in the historical center of Lecce, in via Umberto I. Together with former Celestine convent is the highest manifestation of Lecce's Baroque. The facade has six smooth columns supporting the trabeation and subdivide the property into five areas. The main portal has pairs of Corinthian columns and displays various signs. The trabeation is surmounted by a succession of telamons depicting grotesque figures or fantastic animals supporting the balustrade, decorated with thirteen cherubs embracing the symbols of temporal power (crown) and spiritual power (tiara).
The second order of the facade is dominated by the large central rosette of Romanesque style.