Acquarica del Capo

Acquarica del Capo
Comune
Comune di Acquarica del Capo
The medieval castle of Acquarica
Acquarica del Capo Location of Acquarica del Capo in Italy
Coordinates: 39°55′N 18°15′E / 39.917°N 18.250°E / 39.917; 18.250Coordinates: 39°55′N 18°15′E / 39.917°N 18.250°E / 39.917; 18.250
Country	Italy
Region	Apulia
Province / Metropolitan city	Lecce (LE)
Government
• Mayor	Francesco Ferraro
Area
• Total	18 km2 (7 sq mi)
Elevation	110 m (360 ft)
Population (July 2009)[1]
• Total	4,953
• Density	280/km2 (710/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Acquaricesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	73040
Dialing code	0833
Patron saint	St. Charles Borromeo
Saint day	4 November
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's a 5,000 inhabitants village in the Province of Lecce, in Salento, 10 km from the Ionian Sea an 60 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

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