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TOUR ITINERARIES
Discoveryng The Castles Of
Puglia
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MARUGGIO
Once left Pulsano, our visit to
the castles of Puglia takes us to Maruggio for a quick stop.
This is an important town by the sea in the province of Taranto
with a stately feudal castle. It has wide walls and three towers
and was built by the Baly, commendatories of the Malta Order, in
the XIV century. Later it was revised in the XVII century and it
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SAVA
From Maruggio we go to Sava, a town famous for its wine. The
town origins probably date back to the XIV century. There was a
first group of houses called “Castles” and now, in the
countryside, there still is a place with this name. Sava hamlet
was born after the destruction of Pasano and Aliano hamlets and
of S.Maria di Bagnolo abbey.The origins of the name Sava have
different theories.Someone asserts that it comes from the name
of a napolitan family, the Savas, who owned many masserie and
feuds in different territories of Puglia and Campania. The
castle, that since the end of the XIX cent. |
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UIs the seat of the Town Hall, was built
around half of the XVI cent. by the Prato family. It was built
in place of a masseria and it looked like a dwelling, more than
a fortalice.Before it was surrounded by a little enclosure with
a moat, there were no towers or rock . For a certain period of
time, when the Jesuits were feudatories of Sava, it was a
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GROTTAGLIE
About 27 km far from Sava, driving along the num. 7 highway
for nearly 22 minutes, we get to Grottaglie, the pottery
capital. Its name origins come from the many caves and gullies
of this territory.In ancient times they were dug in the stone by
Rudiae inhabitants, to make a shelter for themselves after the
Gotes and the Saracens invasions. From this rupestrian site the
town of Grottaglie origined. |
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Its gullies, that spread to the Murge of
Martina, have different sizes and aspects. The most interesting
from an historic-archaeologic study are : Lonoce, Coluccio,
Caprarica, Buccito, Vicentino and of the Grotte; but the most
charming and suggestive are definitely: Riggio, Fantiano,
Fullonese and Lama dei Pensieri.Before visiting the peculiar
pottery area, you should visit the stately Episcopio Castle,
that during Feudal times, was the emblem of the power of the
church (at that time there were many struggles between the
bishops and the owners of the land ). This construction was
built in the XIV cent., over a site fortified in the XIII cent.,
and it was revised many times until the XVIII cent. There are
two towers, both embattled; the floor was dug in the tuff and
there also is a garden of the XVI cent.
Texts: Italiainrete - Pictures: Database and
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