Otranto is a town and commune in the province of Lecce (Apulia, Italy), in a fertile region once famous for its breed of horses. Otranto (Greek: Hydros) is situated on the east ...
The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally regarded as the first gothic novel, initiating a literary genre which would become extremely popular in the ...