Cento Pietre and Church of San Giovanni, Patù

Posted in Salento Fortifications collection komoot.it/collection/1396951/-salento-fortificazioni - The church of San Giovanni erected in the 10th century is made of slabs from the ancient Vereto. Mausoleum "Cento Pietre" (it seems to have always been waiting for us) of the ninth century, originally made up of one hundred megaliths (now they are 99 if you have the patience to count them), the sepulchral mausoleum was erected in memory of the General baron Geminiano, messenger of peace slaughtered by the Saracens just before the battle of Campo Rè in Vereto

To visit absolutely, especially for the various legends that circulate around this magical place.

The Hundred Stones of Patù, an ancient sepulchral monument built with 100 megalithic stones from an ancient Messapian village that once stood nearby.