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Splendid medieval castle in the city centre

Open all year round, the farm offers a capacity of 120 seats. The Leo family farm is part of an important tourist system, which embellishes the coast and the northern Salento hinterland. Among the structures there is a fruitful collaboration: specifically, in terms of overnight stays, Masseria Melcarne collaborates with the farms (in alphabetical order) Caretti Grande, Coccioli, La Badessa, Monacelli, Ospitale, Provenzani and Trapanà, all a few kilometers away. https://www.masseriamelcarne.com/

It is actually a Fortified Watchtower, used for various purposes over time. In the eighteenth century, the construction of two magnificent balconies changed the original use of the tower-farm, transforming it into a stately country residence. On the sides, two square-based dovecotes repeat the profile of the building on a reduced scale, producing an amazing effect. Now, the farm, run by the Leo family, embraces an area embellished by 65 hectares of olive trees, between the two seas, the medieval Abbey of Cerrate, the Rauccio natural park and the baroque beauties of Lecce. A real show of beauty, history and typical flavors.

Inserted in the collection Salento Fortifications https://www.komoot.it/collection/1396951/-salento-fortificazioni - It is no coincidence that one of the most renowned castles in Salento is worth stopping for a visit. https://www.comune.copertino.le.it/vivere-il-comune/territorio/da-visitare/item/castello-di-copertino

Posted in Salento Fortifications collection https://www.komoot.it/collection/1396951/-salento-fortificazioni - Built between the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th century around a fortified tower stands majestically and well integrated into a territory typical Salento close to the protected park of Rauccio.

Beautiful city park very popular with Lecce. Great for relaxing lying in the green grass near the tower of the same name.

The imposing fortification is a testimony of the sixteenth-century defensive interventions implemented by the Emperor Charles V to stem the Turkish invasions. The adaptation of the walls was entrusted to the architect Gian Giacomo dell’Acaya, and in 1542 received a new push by the governator Don Ferrante Loffredo. The walls were therefore replaced by a fortification equipped with bulwarks capable of resisting at the attack of the new war weapons of the time. The defensive front was about 60 meters long and consisted of two floors: the upper one beyond the level of the moat, and the lower one, partially excavated in the rocky bank which today corresponds to the internal planking level.