Il Castello di Acaya
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- Gianluca Orlando
The Acaya Castle to protect the fortified citadel by Gian Giacomo dell'Acaya trusted architect of Charles V, who was entrusted with the strengthening of the defensive walls of Lecce and its castle. And he did the same here, between 1521 and 1535, transforming the small agricultural village into a typically Renaissance fortress.
July 20, 2020
- Roberto Nuzzo
The Castle is built where once stood the small medieval settlement Segine, a center that in 1535 took the name of Acaya from the baronial family owned.
November 17, 2020
- Antonio Scotto di q
if you cross the village and take the long country road that between fields in bloom and olive trees leads to San Cataldo and the wwf oasis of Cesine
May 10, 2021
- Max Rampichino
Acaya fortified town of the sixteenth century, a rare survivor of its kind in southern Italy. Ideal starting point to immerse yourself in the history of this part of the south-east of Salento.
June 29, 2022
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