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in front of the castle there is a balcony overlooking the sea

Reachable from Lecce with road bike, mountain bike and gravel. 3 fascinating routes

The easternmost geographical point of Italy, known for the sea channel in front of the city that separates Italy from Albania.

Beautiful, perfectly preserved example of an Aragonese castle. Very close there are two viewpoints

Martano, one of the symbolic places of Salento Greece, also widely known internationally, in winter turns out to be a quiet Salento village immersed in its silence and slow rhythms without the lively coming and going of people that swarm the historic core of the summer periods. Early in the morning this state of calm is even more emphasized and is probably the ideal time to cycle through its alleys and enjoy this state of affairs.

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 left it to its fate. In 1544 the governor of Terra d’Otranto Ferrante Loffredo, by order of Charles V, had it razed to the ground. Because? Because, according to him, it has become a den of pirates dedicated to attacks and raids towards the hinterland ... This is a key to reading history. The other key has it that Roca vecchia was destroyed by the Spanish "faction" of Charles V because it was guilty of being in league with the enemies of the French "faction" of Francis I ...

Posted in Salento Fortifications collection https://www.komoot.it/collection/1396951/-salento-fortificazioni - The most ancient structure of the current Aragonese castle dates back, in all probability, to the XII-XIII century and was built on the remains of the Byzantine fortress. In the second half of the 13th century, Charles I of Anjou defines it as a fortress of strategic importance for the defense of the kingdom. The castle, numbered together with the fortresses of Ostuni, Taranto, Ugento and Torremaggiore, is considered of national importance and considered among the most functional, combining together natural defenses and military architecture [source: https://it.m.wikipedia.org / wiki / Castello_di_Castro]