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Unfortunately, to enter you have to go through a barrier. It is located on private property. Enchanting.

It is about 300 years old. It seems that during the Bourbon domination the bandits used to meet under its branches. It is 23 meters high with a circumference of 41 meters

along the sheep tracks on the border between Soleto and Sternatia, and a natural depression in a rocky area called Laccu de lu craparu, which translated from Griko means “shepherd’s pond”, during the rainy season allows the collection of water, transforming into a temporary lake. This stagnation allowed shepherds to bring their flock of sheep to drink.

The monolith is located in a context of a certain historical and archaeological value. The presence of a mirror and an underground crypt in the vicinity is also noted.

Inserted in the collection https://www.komoot.com/it-it/collection/2431081/-pietre-del-salento - Not immediately visible because it is partially hidden by brambles on the edge of a secondary road near Masseria Ussano.

Centuries-old holm oak which, according to legend, was used as a refuge from local brigandage

there is a gate that is always open. entering 200 meters on the left

Salento is the name of a 100 km long and 40 km wide peninsula in the extreme southeast of Italy and is often referred to as the heel of the Italian boot. From prehistoric times cave finds (Grinz Zinzulusa) were made and dolmens and menhirs were preserved as remnants of the early peasant culture. In antiquity, the area was inhabited by the Messapi, an Illyrian tribe that had to defend its independence in wars against the Greek settlement of Taras (Taranto). Herodotus reports a war around the year 474 BC. Between Taras and the Lega Peuceta (an alliance from the area around Bari) supported by the Lega Messapica (from Salento). In this conflict, the Messapier could still retain the upper hand after several years of war, from about 280 BC. However, the Roman Republic gained supremacy throughout Lower Italy.