The castle of Lecce, also known as the Castle of Charles V, is a fortress located in the historic center of the city built in the 12th century as the …
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. …
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 …
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 …