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Ancient Olive Trees of Salento

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Location: Lequile, Lecce, Apulia, Italy

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1. Bastion of the Urban Walls – Collepasso Castle loop from Parabita

88.9km

03:36

380m

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3. Ancient Olive Trees of Salento – Collepasso Castle loop from Parabita

57.0km

02:19

300m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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April 15, 2018

Salento is the name of a 100 km long and 40 km wide peninsula in the extreme southeast of Italy and is often referred to as the heel of the Italian boot.

From prehistoric times cave finds (Grinz Zinzulusa) were made and dolmens and menhirs were preserved as remnants of the early peasant culture. In antiquity, the area was inhabited by the Messapi, an Illyrian tribe that had to defend its independence in wars against the Greek settlement of Taras (Taranto). Herodotus reports a war around the year 474 BC. Between Taras and the Lega Peuceta (an alliance from the area around Bari) supported by the Lega Messapica (from Salento). In this conflict, the Messapier could still retain the upper hand after several years of war, from about 280 BC. However, the Roman Republic gained supremacy throughout Lower Italy.

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Location: Lequile, Lecce, Apulia, Italy

Ancient Olive Trees of Salento

1. Bastion of the Urban Walls – Collepasso Castle loop from Parabita

2. Palude del Capitano – Le Quattro Colonne loop from Casarano

3. Ancient Olive Trees of Salento – Collepasso Castle loop from Parabita

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