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A stroll along the seafront in the center of the Villanova marina

15th century city walls

In 1278 the walls of Villanova were built, and about 20 years later the castle was built by the Angevins, who took over the domination of Ostuni from the Swabian-Normans, who were responsible for the intensification of olive cultivation. From surviving documents, demonstrating its strategic importance, it appears that around the 15th century the castle was a fully active defensive structure. In fact, the city of Ostuni under Aragonese domination, thanks also to the castle and the small port of Villanova, managed to maintain the status of a state city, therefore free from feudal duties. Due to the various destructions over time, little remains of the original 14th-century construction. Currently the castle is made up of three bodies that act as square towers with a sloped base. Around the building, at the height of the first floor, runs a tubular torus and from the roof of the building rises a turret modeled on the prototype of a lighthouse. Ref. https://fondoambiente.it/luoghi/castello-del-porto-turistico-di-villanova-ostuni

it is a tourist port protected by two piers: the eastern pier 70 m long with quayside and bollards and the western pier 280 m long. Inside the dock there are some docks reserved for pleasure boats

Serranova is a small agricultural village, about 9 km from Carovigno and not far from the sea; it is made up of a few houses, inhabited both in summer and winter. The Castle of Serranova was the object of several alienations from feudal lord to feudal lord: from Ottavio Serra to Scipione Costaguto in 1653, from him to the Castaldo family, then to Giulio di Sangro in 1684, finally in 1702 it came into the hands of the baron Scipione Granafei [unsourced] [1]; the Granafei family gave prestige to that territory, renowned for its extension and for the significant number of centuries-old olive trees that it included. In 1742, the fiefdom and the Castle of Serranova came to Michele Imperiali, prince of Francavilla Fontana and lord of Carovigno. With the death of Michele Imperiali, who had no successor, the last devolution to the Treasury took place in 1782.

It is also very lively and turbulent here due to the many cafés and restaurants.

the coves of Torre Pozzelle follow one another after the tower, coming from the south, for a number of 5 rocky inlets with sandy but small shore. Enchanting places where the color of the water is alive and clean.

Torre Pozzelle is one of the most beautiful coastal areas of the city of Ostuni (BR) in Puglia. This coastal stretch is characterized by a series of small sandy coves (five to be precise) interspersed with large stretches of rocks, lapped by the sea and surrounded by the Mediterranean scrub typical of coastal dunes. An ancient Aragonese tower built between 1565 and 1569 acts as a lookout over this uncontaminated landscape. The coastal tower has half collapsed and despite this it retains a notable charm. The naturalistic area of the coast of Torre Pozzelle contains a high biodiversity of plant and animal species. A place that, thanks to recent protection, can be admired in all its beauty. In addition to 5 enchanting sandy coves enclosed by low rocky cliffs, there is a rare forest of centuries-old juniper trees as well as a small wetland. Torre Pozzella can be reached from the E55 (SS379) that goes from Bari to Ostuni.