IInformation on sleeping in the municipality of Casarano (Lecce)

Population: 20632
In total area: 380 kmXNUMX
Density: 541

Accessibility : The city of Casarano is 42 km from the capital Lecce and can be reached from the SS 101 Salentina which passes through Gallipoli , in Puglia.

Common address of Casarano, Lecce : Fr. Saint Dominic 
Tel .: 0833 - 514111
Fax: 0833 - 512103

The city of Casarano is located approximately halfway between Lecce and S. Maria di Leuca, as the crow flies about ten kilometers from Ugento and the Ionian Sea.

Casarano is a center where art and culture have made their appearance over the centuries, leaving behind eloquent signs of a constant presence that have marked its various historical phases.


Historical notes on Casarano (Lecce – Puglia)

Many believe the city has Roman origins. In fact, the toponym Casarano (Caesaranum) probably refers to a vast territory owned by a certain Caesar, a Roman centurion who received the lands as a reward for a battle won, but no archaeological evidence has confirmed its origins.

The excavations carried out in November 1976 confirmed the existence of a village, praedium rusticum, from the late Roman period in the area east of the church of Casaranello.

This certainty is documented by the presence of two epigraphs dating back to the 1st century AD, found in Santa Maria della Croce (450 AD), one of the oldest and most valuable monuments of early Christian art in Puglia, an authentic jewel of the city and of Salento as a whole.

The church of S. Maria della Croce is located in Casaranello , a toponym that originated in the Middle Ages, when the ancient urban nucleus of Casarano split into Casaranum magnum and Casaranum parvum.

Built around the middle of the 5th century AD on a Latin cross plan with three naves, the small sacred building displays an early Christian mosaic important for its chromatic and figurative values ​​as well as Byzantine frescoes from the 11th and 14th centuries and Gothic frescoes from the 13th century of complex and valuable workmanship.

What to visit in Casarano?

Casarano is a city in Puglia rich in beauties that embellish the urban fabric such as:

  • la Church of Maria SS. Announced from 1720 which is an authentic cradle of the Baroque in which very precious paintings by Oronzo Tiso are kept.
  • We recall the famous Babylonian furnace which overlooks the central door and other paintings by Tiso can also be admired in the eighteenth-century Church of the Immaculate Conception which dominates the municipal gardens named after William Ingrosso.

We also recommend a visit to the historic buildings of the city of Casarano:

  • Of the Judicial
  • D'Elia
  • D'Aquino and Astore.

Places to visit in Casarano :

  • the Sanctuary of the Bell, founded by the Byzantines, which overlooks the city from the hill and dedicated to the Virgin, venerated co-patron, with St. John the Almoner
  • and also the underground oil mills that make up the subsoil of the ancient village of the city with the characteristic courtyard houses, recently revalued with the setting, during the Christmas holidays, of the living Nativity scene.

A few km from Casarano, in the province of Lecce , you will find other towns and historic villages to visit during your holiday in Salento, for example: Matino , Parabita , Gallipoli, Ruffano , Specchia , Morciano di Leuca , Presicce , Salve , Castrignano del Capo and Gagliano del Capo.