Acquarica del Capo

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.
• 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