Population: 9182
In total area: 56 kmXNUMX
Density: 163
Accessibility : The town of Cutrofiano is 27 km from Lecce, the capital of Salento, and can be reached from SS. No. 476 Lecce – Galatina – Supersano; and from State Road No. 497 Aradeo – Maglie – Otranto.
Cutrofiano Town Address, Lecce: Ascoli Piceno Street
Tel .: 0836 - 542611
The city of Cutrofiano dates back to Roman times, the origins of the town.
It was Greekized by the domination of the Byzantines, who influenced its cultural and linguistic customs and habits.
From 1088 to 1463 Cutrofiano was part of the County of Soleto and, from those years, of the Principality of Taranto. It was a fief of the Filomarino family for a long time.
The most important historical building and property in Cutrofiano, in southern Puglia , was and still remains the Ducal Palace, or Filomarini, from the name of the last feudal lords.
Built towards the mid-1600s, carrying out a profound transformation of the pre-existing castle, it extends imperiously between the two main squares.
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Also worth visiting in Cutrofiano is the Mother Church , dedicated to the Madonna della Neve.
This church was built at the end of the last century, renovating and expanding the pre-existing 17th century church, of which it still retains the baroque altars.
A portal that is certainly worth admiring, surmounted by a mask to which popular imagination has attributed various meanings, is that of Palazzo Calò , built between the 600th and 700th centuries and located next to the main church.
The Church of the Immaculate Conception , just outside the walls, was built between 1764 and 1772; octagonal in shape, it has a sober and harmonious line with the upper part of the facade decorated with numerous sculptures.
Less than a kilometre from the town of Cutrofiano, in the province of Lecce, is the Crypt of San Giovanni , a small underground room , dug into the tuff rock and bearing traces of ancient frescoes, which was once located nearby, if not even inside a church that later collapsed.
The Cava Lustrelle scientific-tourist park is famous in the Italian and foreign scientific community , where various geological deposits of marine origin are exhibited, some of which are extraordinarily rich in fossils.
Cutrofiano is a very flourishing agricultural centre for the production of wine and oil.
Of note is the mining activity of the characteristic Cutrofiano stone (tuff), as well as of the clay used both for the production of cement and for the production of terracotta.
The artisanal production of earthenware made from local yellowish clay is flourishing .
Vases, tableware and ornamental objects, made by the artisans of Cutrofiano, are sold in all the squares of every municipality in the province of Lecce , appreciated nationally and also abroad.
For a vacation in Cutrofiano, in the Salento hinterland, we recommend the charming B&B Sole Amaro and the elegant San Giorgio Resort , a property particularly suited to weddings in Salento and ceremonies of all kinds.
Typical of the area is the Cutrofiano Ceramics Exhibition , which attracts a large number of visitors and tourists, as well as the other Cutrofiano festivals held at other times of the year.