Acquarica del Capo

Acquarica del Capo
Comune
Comune di Acquarica del Capo
Medieval castle
Acquarica del Capo
Location of Acquarica del Capo in Italy
Coordinates: 39°54′43.56″N 18°14′46.32″E / 39.9121000°N 18.2462000°E / 39.9121000; 18.2462000Coordinates: 39°54′43.56″N 18°14′46.32″E / 39.9121000°N 18.2462000°E / 39.9121000; 18.2462000
Country Italy
Region  Apulia
Province Lecce (LE)
Government
 • Mayor Francesco Ferraro
Area
 • Total 18.7 km2 (7.2 sq mi)
Elevation 110 m (360 ft)
Population (30 April 2017)[1]
 • Total 4,710
 • Density 250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Acquaricesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 73040
Dialing code 0833
Patron saint St. Charles Borromeo
Saint day November 4
Website Official website
Church of Madonna dei Panetti.

Acquarica del Capo is a town and comune in the province of Lecce, Apulia, south-eastern Italy.

It located in Salento, 10 km from the Ionian Sea and 60 km from Lecce. Its origins are medieval and it grew around a Norman fortification. later transformed into a castle by the Aragonese.

Main sights

  • Medieval castle. It was probably a Norman fortification around which the village developed in the Middle Ages and was later transformed in a Castle in the 14th century by Giovanni Antonio Orsini Del Balzo, Prince of Taranto. Only a round tower remains from the original four. In the court can be seen the so-called "Pila di Pompignano" saved from destruction in 1982 by the local writer Carlo Stasi who wrote its legend.[2]
  • Church of San Carlo Borromeo
  • Church of San Giovanni Battista
  • Church Madonna dei Panetti, at Celsorizzo, one of the most ancient constructions in the lower Salento.
  • Fortified masseria of Celsorizzo. A huge Norman Tower with Byzantine frescoes in the Chapel at its base.
  • Church of Madonna di Pompignano

References

  1. ↑ Population from ISTAT
  2. ↑ "La Pila di Pompignano", pp. 129-164, in Carlo Stasi, Leucàsia e Le Due Sorelle (Storie e leggende del Salento), Mancarella Ed., Cavallino, 2008, 2012, ISBN 9788890366901



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