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Description
The origins of the Uggiano la Chiesa are uncertain, but in the vicinity of the village, still has some megalithic buildings, including the San Giovanni Malcantone menhir, about four mt high, which document the human presence in the area since the Bronze Age.
Historical studies of Arditi argues that Uggiano la Chiesa was originally a watchtower to protect the medieval town of Otranto, and that was called in old documents Viggiano, whose name derives from the Latin Vigilarium, indicating post and observation. Around this tower was born a village.
Termination of the Greek domination of Salento, domination in Terra d'Otranto was of the Aragonesi and, in 1219, King Frederick II gave the village to the Archbishop of Otranto and the title of Baron Oggian.
Part of the name derives from the fact that the Aragonese and Spanish it confirmed the membership of the Episcopal Church of Otranto.
Monuments of interest
The Mother Church - Maria SS Addolorata: built in 1775 in Baroque style, to be completed in the stele of neoclassicism. The interior has some baroque altars, an eighteenth-century wooden choir, that boasts of exquisite carvings Montanari, and some of the eighteenth-century paintings of Nardò and Tiso;
Crypt of Saint Helena: in the vicinity of the town, with traces of frescoes dating from the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Hamlet: Casamassella
Municipal Police Office
Tel: +39 0836 812008
E-mail:
polizia.municipale@comuneuggianolachiesa.it