{"id":72520,"date":"2024-04-12T13:32:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T13:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hdsalento.com\/caprarica-di-lecce-where-it-is-how-to-get-there-what-to-see-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-03-08T12:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T12:39:57","slug":"caprarica-di-lecce-where-it-is-how-to-get-there-what-to-see-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdsalento.com\/en\/caprarica-di-lecce-where-it-is-how-to-get-there-what-to-see-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Caprarica di Lecce: where it is, how to get there, what to see"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caprarica di Lecce<\/b> is a small municipality in Salento, Puglia. Characterized by historic streets and traditional architecture, the town is located in an agricultural area with olive groves and vineyards, not too far from the sea. The local community is linked to Salento traditions and the place offers an authentic experience, often more appreciated than the common and popular Salento locations. Its strategic position allows you to easily reach other places such as Lecce, Otranto and Gallipoli and is an excellent starting point for a <\/span>journey to discover Salento<\/b>. In this article we will see<\/span>where Caprarica is located, how to get there, what to see, where to eat<\/b>and much more.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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History<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Caprarica di Lecce, in Puglia, seems to take its name from <\/span>capra-ricca<\/span><\/i>, since once the main activity of the town was goat breeding, as suggested by the scholar Giacomo Arditi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The territory of Caprarica di Lecce has an ancient history, dating back to the Bronze Age, as indicated by the presence of the Ussano menhir. During the Byzantine era, the place hosted a community of Basilians who built a necropolis and a church, of which fragments of frescoes remain today, among which the figure of a bearded saint, perhaps Saint Paul, stands out.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first documents that mention Caprarica date back to the 11th century, when it was a small farmhouse under the jurisdiction of the County of Lecce and the Principality of Taranto. In 1201, the farmhouse came under the dominion of Gualtieri III of Brienne and subsequently in the 14th century it belonged to the Orsini Del Balzo family.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1480, Caprarica welcomed refugees from Roca, whose nearby city had been sacked and razed to the ground by the Turks during the siege of Otranto. This event led to a significant increase in the population of Caprarica. Between the 15th and 17th centuries, the farmhouse was dominated by various feudal families, including the Bonsecolo, the Cond\u00f2, the Guarino and the Adorno princes.<\/span><\/p>\n

The last feudal lords of Caprarica were the Giustiniani, who acquired possession of it in 1676, followed by the Rossi barons.<\/span><\/p>\n