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Palazzo Luce

Carefully curated contemporary artworks and site-specific installations by the likes of Joseph Kosuth, Marina Abramović and Thomas Ruff are just part of the picture here at Palazzo Luce, named for the pure Puglian luce (light) that floods in through the first floor’s three-metre-high windows. There’s a walled garden and roof terrace, too, with views of other local masterpieces, among them the ancient Roman amphitheatre and several mediaeval religious buildings hewn from the characteristic pietra leccese limestone. Give your peepers a break from this visual feast with a gentle workout in the Pilates room, some downtime in one of the libraries or a siesta in your suite, all of which are – we have to confess – pretty eye-catching, too.

It doesn’t get much more centrale than Palazzo Luce, a historic art-filled Lecce jewel set in the heart of Puglia’s Baroque capital, right behind the duomo.

Room Types

Paravento

35sq m | Located on the palazzo’s main piano nobile floor | High ceilings and shuttered windows, terracotta-tiled floors, large brass dividing screen by Storage Associati and wall lighting designed by Brigitte Niedermair | Double bed with goose-down mattress-topper | Spacious bathroom with bath tub, robes, and Biologique Recherche toiletries | Satellite TV, Dyson hairdryer, and free WiFi and bottled water

from £1680

Passaggi

43sq m | Located on the palazzo’s main piano nobile floor | High ceilings and shuttered windows, terracotta-tiled floors, art deco stylings, walnut furniture and candy-stripe decor in teals and forest greens designed by Carlo de Carli | Double bed with goose-down mattress-topper | Spacious veined-marble bathroom with shower, robes, and Biologique Recherche toiletries | Satellite TV, Dyson hairdryer, and free WiFi and bottled water

from £1508

Fanciullino

42sq m | Located on the palazzo’s main piano nobile floor | High ceilings and shuttered windows, distinctive majolica-tiled floor in Mediterranean yellow, furniture by Gio Ponti and Marzio Cecchi and artworks by Thomas Ruff and Mimmo Jodice | View onto the palazzo’s peaceful 18th-century courtyard | Double bed with goose-down mattress-topper | Spacious bathroom with bold yellow and aquamarine decor, plus shower, robes, and Biologique Recherche toiletries | Satellite TV, Dyson hairdryer, and free WiFi and bottled water

from £1680

Luce

47sq m | High ceilings and shuttered windows, exposed pietra leccese stonework, terracotta-tiled floors, sculpted vases, furniture by Gio Ponti and Carlo Mollino and prints by artist and designer Antonio Marras | Double bed with goose down mattress topper | Spacious bathroom with bath tub, robes, and Biologique Recherche toiletries | Satellite TV, Dyson hairdryer, free WiFi, and bottled water

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Maria d’Enghien

31sq m | Named after the mediaeval Countess of Lecce who lived in a palace on this site, and located on the palazzo’s main piano nobile floor | Baroque balcony overlooking Via del Palazzo dei Conti di Lecce | High ceilings and shuttered windows, majolica-tiled floors, furniture by Gio Ponti and Pier Giulio Magistretti, a unique ceiling fresco by artist David Tremlett and hanging 1960s lamp by Hans-Agne Jakobsson | Double bed with goose-down mattress-topper | Spacious bathroom with geometric designs and Gio Ponti furnishings, plus shower, robes, and Biologique Recherche toiletries | Satellite TV, Dyson hairdryer, and free WiFi and bottled water

from £2772

Blue Ponti

42sq m | Located on the palazzo’s roof terrace with views of the Lecce skyline | Yellow-and-white bespoke majolica-tiled floors, blue and teal accents, artworks by photographer Ugo Mulas and furnishings by Franco Albini, Martino Gamper and Gio Ponti that include Ponti’s unique Parete Attrezzata 1940s shelving unit | Double bed with goose-down mattress-topper | Spacious bathroom in Pontian blue with more Gio Ponti furniture plus shower, dual sinks, robes, and Biologique Recherche toiletries | Satellite TV, Dyson hairdryer, and free WiFi and bottled water

from £3118

Rosso Ponti

43sq m | Located on the palazzo’s roof terrace with views of the Lecce skyline | Yellow-and-white bespoke majolica-tiled floors, green and teal accents, furnishings by Gio Ponti and vintage prints of Marcel Duchamp by photographer Ugo Mulas; a glass wall separates the living and sleeping areas | Double bed with goose-down mattress-topper | Spacious bathroom with more Gio Ponti furniture plus shower, dual sinks, robes, and Biologique Recherche toiletries | Satellite TV, Dyson hair dryer, and free WiFi and bottled water

from £3118

Location

Via Del Palazzo dei Conti di Lecce 4, Lecce, 73100

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