アッリステの洞窟・トップ5

Small but beautiful village, worth visiting also for the excellent restaurants that offer outdoor dining in the summer.

This is private property, so it is not possible to visit the castles. Recently built, wanted by the previous owner.

Posted in Salento Fortifications collection https://www.komoot.it/collection/1396951/-salento-fortificazioni - The palace, dating back to the century. XVII, it was built to celebrate the prestige of the Dukes of Aquino, a noble Neapolitan family. Currently the building is owned by the De Lorenzis family. The imposing building, also known as the "castle", is the largest building in Casarano due to the width of its façade (120 meters) [source: https://www.comune.casarano.le.it/casarano/zf/ index.php / additional-services / index / index / idtesto / 16]

Posted in Salento Fortifications collection https://www.komoot.it/collection/1396951/-salento-fortificazioni - The castle has overlooked the village of Ugento for more than a millennium, protecting its houses and its population. The courageous renovations have revealed layers upon layers of history, revealing the role the castle has played over the years: from a Norman stronghold to an elegant Baroque palace [source: https://castellodiugento.com/it/castle/]

Posted in Salento Fortifications collection https://www.komoot.it/collection/1396951/-salento-fortificazioni - I found the door wide open and I jumped into it. Handed over to entropy, the baronial palace has a beautiful internal courtyard that seems to take us back to the time of the leopard.