Lecce

For 2025 the Department of Finance lists for Lecce a graduated municipal IRPEF surcharge: 0.8% up to 28,000 euros of income, 1.2% above; an exemption for incomes up to 12,500 euros and for households with a member receiving an attendance allowance, up to 28,000 euros. Rents and prices are in the data.

Public housing is run by ARCA Sud Salento, based in Lecce at via S. Trinchese 61/d; the municipality has a section on the procedures for assigning ERP homes. Students have the ADISU residences. From 1 January 2027 the management of the tourist tax changes.

The Comune di Lecce portal gathers ANPR certificates, digital services and a waste-transparency portal with calendars, tariffs and the TARI regulation.

To enter with a dog, cat or ferret you need a microchip, an EU pet passport or health certificate and a valid rabies vaccination. Mandatory registration in the regional pet register, lead at all times and a muzzle to hand. Pets allowed on trains under Trenitalia rules and in apartment buildings by law.

Rules depend on who is arriving: EU/EEA/Swiss citizens (no visa, registration with the Comune after three months), non-EU citizens for stays up to 90 days (Schengen rule, type C visa where required) and for long stays (national type D visa and a residence permit within eight working days of arrival).

Lecce's urban public transport and paid parking are run by SGM, a company wholly owned by the municipality. The winter timetable has been in force since 14 September (2026); there is an app for tickets, one for parking and an online front office for permits. The pass price is in the data.

Euro, cards accepted almost everywhere, a legal cash limit. Anyone living in Italy for most of the year is tax resident and taxed on worldwide income under three IRPEF brackets; specific regimes exist for the self-employed (forfettario), inbound workers, foreign pensioners and new residents. Contributions go to INPS; annual return with the 730 or Redditi form.

Lecce comes under the ASL Lecce health authority. The Lecce health district, at via Miglietta 5, serves the city and nine nearby municipalities and has the patient-registry (Anagrafe assistiti) and CUP/Ticket desks. The «Vito Fazzi» hospital, in piazza Filippo Muratore 1, has the emergency department, with live waiting figures on the PugliaSalute portal.

Non-EU pensioners enter with the elective residence visa, EU pensioners through free movement; public healthcare is accessible by compulsory or voluntary registration. Optional 7% regime on foreign income for those moving to small southern municipalities. Cheap houses in villages, services concentrated in cities.

The Lecce Chamber of Commerce publishes an annual economic-statistical compendium on the province's municipalities (2026 edition available). The Università del Salento offers graduates internships, job placement and a Confindustria Lecce job board.

A VAT number (partita IVA) from the Agenzia delle Entrate for freelancers; for businesses the Comunicazione Unica to the Registro delle Imprese, which also notifies the Agenzia, INPS, INAIL and SUAP. Main forms: sole proprietorship, SNC/SAS, SRL and SRLS, SPA. Compulsory PEC, annual chamber fee, e-invoicing. Invitalia incentives; non-EU citizens need a self-employment permit or the investor visa.

The Università del Salento has nine departments, its main campus in Lecce and a site in Brindisi. ADISU Puglia has a stock of student residences in Lecce assigned through the annual "Benefici e servizi" call, open also to students of the "Schipa" Conservatory and the Lecce Academy of Fine Arts.

Lecce's centre lies inland, but the municipal territory reaches the Adriatic with five seaside districts (marine): San Cataldo, Frigole, Torre Chianca, Spiaggiabella and Torre Rinalda. North of the city the Bosco e Paludi di Rauccio regional park preserves one of the last patches of the old holm-oak forest of the coast.

The Comune di Lecce announces weather alerts and the related closures, such as those of schools, the cemetery and the city parks. The municipal portal also links a weather station, "Idume ponte". Temperatures, rainfall and PM10 are in the data.

Visitors see piazza del Duomo with its cathedral and bell tower, piazza Sant'Oronzo with the Roman amphitheatre (a national monument since 1906), the basilica of Santa Croce, Charles V's castle with the Papier-mâché Museum and the city gates. From 1 January 2027 the tourist tax moves to the PayTourist platform.

The municipality lists the city's theatres: Teatro Comunale Giovanni Paisiello, Politeama Greco, Cantieri Teatrali Koreja, plus the Roman amphitheatre and theatre, which host shows only in summer. The regional circuit is the Teatro Pubblico Pugliese; the calendar is in the "Vivi Lecce" section.