Matino is an Italian town of 11,752 inhabitants in the province of Lecce in Apulia. Set in south-western Salento, Matino is an Italian town of 11,752 inhabitants in the province of Lecce in Puglia. Set in south-western Salento,it lies at 44.3 kilometers from the provincial capital and 16 km from Gallipoli. Since 2002, it boasts the title of City. Matino rises on the last offshoots of the Serre Salentine at 75 m above sea level, at 10 km from the Ionian coast and 25 km from the furthest point of the Salento peninsula represented by Capo di Leuca.