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Access to the Fossil Park by reservation

Discovered in 1993 by Oreste Caroppo, a well-known enthusiast and connoisseur of the Salento area. The news of the discovery, at the time, captured the interest of several scholars, who immediately rushed to the site to carefully examine the two Megaliths. The Dolmens are located on a small promontory called the Plao district, a term of Grika origin, which would mean "chianca", or a slab of light stone, typical of the Apulian territory. Furthermore, on the surrounding rocky surface, there are a series of channels similar to those of the Dolmen Stabile of Giuggianello, most likely used to drain liquids during the performance of certain rituals.

Inserted in the collection https://www.komoot.com/it-it/collection/2431081/-pietre-del-salento - You have to move away from the road and reach it on private land with the utmost respect for other people's property to see them. Let's not forget that dolmens are archaic elements that must be observed without touching them or worse climbing on them. They are the history and heritage of Salento.

Inserted in the Pietre del Salento collection komoot.com/it-it/collection/2431081/-pietre-del-salento?ref=undefined - Lustrelle quarry, abandoned and redeveloped quarry (unique in Salento) for educational purposes by the owners in the Cutrofiano fiefdom and which contains information of inestimable value about our past, preserved, coincidentally, between and within the stones of Salento. Better not to look for fossils so as not to disturb or worse ruin the research work and of those who regenerated this place with effort and passion.

Today's News (02 Sep 2022): They are resuming excavations in search of traces of the Neanderthals.

Caves known for the discovery of the famous statuettes (now kept in the national archaeological museum of Taranto) but less known about the exact position of the same. The truth is that, although the enhancement interventions of the archaeological site are visible but have been poorly maintained over the years, little has been done to make known the periods and times in which you can go to visit the excavations. http://www.salogentis.it/2012/03/17/la-grotta-delle-veneri-di-parabita/

Characteristic Martignano wells that served as cisterns for collecting rainwater. They could be owned or public and in part still perform their function today

Mysterious place where the discovery of two ancient sculptures depicting venus took place.