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Description
Ugento boasts a rich history. Already inhabited in prehistoric times, he became a leading center of Messapians , so remarkable, as to coin its own currency. He maintained a prominent position even under the Roman legal system Uxentum;
It was later conquered by the Goths, Lombards and Saracens. It then passed to the Normans.
From 1398 to 1806 , given the abolition of feudalism, was gradually straight from the Orsini del Balzo, from the Artus, from the de Ratta, from the d'Aquino.
After being destroyed by the Turks regained importance in the Pandone, the Vaaz and lately the d'Amore.
Most of its monuments was remodeled in the eighteenth century. Considerable interest: The Bishop's Palace, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, the Castle.
On the Serra delle Fontane, outside the country, the streets is the ancient Temple Basilian of Santa Maria del Casale (XII century), which retains its frescoes from the 200, while to the north lies the Crypt of the Crucifix (XIV century) decorated with medieval frescoes. On the beach of Marina di San Giovanni arise Angevin towers of the sixteenth century, one of which is used as a lighthouse.
Hamlet: Gemini, Torre San Giovanni
Marine village: Torre Mozza, Lido Marini, Pazze, Mare Verde
Municipal Police Office
Tel: +39 0833 555770
Fax:+39 0833 955954
E-mail:
ugentopoliziaurbana@libero.it