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The goal of this activity was to show an hidden joy of our town to our Erasmus students, the "Foresta Urbana", making them aware of the several problems this place is facing.
The Foresta Urbana is a corner of nature full of mysteries and wonders in the city. It’s a real forest that throughout time, has been ornamented with trees, bushes of herbs and flowers, depressions, the cavities and the various terracing of what once was the working place of the "quarrymen" (“zoccatori”) of Lecce stone. During this tour the students could discoverr plants, imposing trees, fruits and the seeds. Not only this, but also the history of the golden stone of Lecce and the men who extracted it with both difficulty and skill, providing the raw material that made Lecce the Baroque city. The quarry, which is currently privately owned, is now entrusted to WWF Salento.
