For the ancient streets of Salento it is easy to find characteristic art shops where papier-mâché , Lecce stone , wood, ceramics are worked, as it happened in the past, and which are characterized by the diversity that each work produced assumes, as elaborated according to the personal imprint of the craftsman.

Salento craftsmanship has been able to keep its traditions alive despite social, cultural and political changes, becoming today one of the main local economic sources.