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Village of Roca Nuova

Village of Roca Nuova

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Village of Roca Nuova

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Location: Melendugno, Lecce, Apulia, Italy

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January 20, 2021

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This medieval village with a thousand-year history has been the subject of multiple studies due to the good preservation of its walls. Thanks to the support of the King of Naples, the local people built it around the XVI century, to protect themselves from the pirate's raids constantly acted at the coastal village of Roca Vecchia. When the inhabitants moved here, the hamlet was divided into four residential structures with a central square for the market (still visible today), a well and a defensive watchtower.

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Posted in Salento Fortificazioni collection komoot.it/collection/1396951/-salento-fortificazioni. History has it that in the year 1480 the inhabitants of Roca Vecchia were put to flight by the Saracen raids who shortly afterwards …

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