オストゥーニの洞窟・トップ7

A stroll along the seafront in the center of the Villanova marina

In 1278 the walls of Villanova were built, and about 20 years later the castle was built by the Angevins, who took over the domination of Ostuni from the Swabian-Normans, who were responsible for the intensification of olive cultivation. From surviving documents, demonstrating its strategic importance, it appears that around the 15th century the castle was a fully active defensive structure. In fact, the city of Ostuni under Aragonese domination, thanks also to the castle and the small port of Villanova, managed to maintain the status of a state city, therefore free from feudal duties. Due to the various destructions over time, little remains of the original 14th-century construction. Currently the castle is made up of three bodies that act as square towers with a sloped base. Around the building, at the height of the first floor, runs a tubular torus and from the roof of the building rises a turret modeled on the prototype of a lighthouse. Ref. https://fondoambiente.it/luoghi/castello-del-porto-turistico-di-villanova-ostuni

it is a tourist port protected by two piers: the eastern pier 70 m long with quayside and bollards and the western pier 280 m long. Inside the dock there are some docks reserved for pleasure boats

Pretty town in the upper Salento of very ancient times (the Messapi were the people who preceded the Romanization). Characteristic for its narrow alleys that climb up to the center and for the white color of the lime walls. It is also worth a stop to visit the Castle, the medieval village and the churches (especially that of S. Anna). Not to be missed, scattered around Ceglie and in Salento, are also the "specchie", large mounds of limestone slabs which in the Neolithic age perhaps served as defense or watchtowers

Nice ride even on rocks and beaches

Ceglie Messapica is one of the oldest municipalities in the region, located in the heart of the Itria Valley. To see: Montevicoli cave; cave of San Michele; Ducal Castle; Collegiate mother church of Santa Maria Assunta; Church of San Rocco.

San Vito dei Normanni is a city in northern Salento dating back to the Norman period, with a great historical, artistic and cultural heritage. In fact, there are numerous baroque churches, rock crypts and museums, as well as the 12th century Dentice di Frasso Castle around which the town center developed.

San Vito dei Normanni is a city in northern Salento dating back to the Norman period, with a great historical, artistic and cultural heritage. There are in fact numerous Baroque churches, rock crypts and museums, as well as the 12th century Dentice di Frasso Castle around which the town developed.