The city of Lecce between nostalgia and topophilia. The pre- and post-pandemic views of college students

In Italy, lockdown restrictions due to Covid-19 also involved teaching activities and, as a consequence, the relationship between students (especially those coming from outside and commuters) and university cities. The research was ran within three geography courses at the University of Salento (a. a. 2021/2022, first semester): students were asked to answer a survey and, in a second phase, they were invited to take part in an in-depth guided discussion. The aim is to stimulate a preliminary insight on the effects of the closing of Lecce urban campus during the first lockdown (9th March-18th May 2020). In particular, we focus on how it has modified the intensity of sensible, documentary and conceptual message fluxes that the "Capital of Apulian Baroque" is able to transmit to students.