Accordying to the history, was the Roman centurion Martius who founded the place, thanks to a donation of a Salento land as a tribute for the value shown in battle. …
Melendugno Castle dates back to the 1500s and is the symbol of the feudal society which, under the D'Amely family, resisted until the end of the Second World War. It …
Inserted in the Salento Fortifications collection komoot.it/collection/1396951/-salento-fortificazioni - it was built in the Aragonese period, after the capture of Otranto by the Turks in 1480, and was part of a …
It's the village of the Grecìa Salentina area with the highest percentage of people speaking griko. The meaning of the word infact comes from 'Sterna' (cistern, well) and 'Thia' (sacred) …