The etymology Felline derives from the Latin word figlinae, or workshops for the production of ceramics. It has in fact evidence of a furnace, active until the first century BC, around which probably developed a little inhabited.

The territory has been inhabited since prehistoric times as evidenced by the presence of some menhir. The first settlement was probably built in the third century BC in the Roman period. Many archaeological findings lead to the hypothesis that Felline has arisen as a suburb of the nearby city messapica the Ugento where there was a major center for the production of ceramics.

With the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Felline experienced a period of decline. Referred to in ancient texts as the land of the Greeks, shows evidence of Byzantine. Given the proximity to the sea was destroyed several times and threatened to disappear permanently due to the invasions of the Saracens and the Venetians (1480).

According to tradition, part of the population survived the massacres founded the nearby towns of Melissano and Alliste, both countries can not be seen directly from the sea. Between 1560 and 1570, right up against the Turkish threat, was built along the coast of the Tower Sinfonò.

In the Middle Ages the house of Felline was assigned by Tancredi d'Altavilla to the family  Bonsecolo, who built the castle. Between the fifteenth and sixteenth century the estate belonged to the De Noha. Were followed until the eighteenth century, the Tolomei, the Cappelli and the Acquaviva. The last were the feudal lords who ruled Scategni the center until 1809, the year of subversion feudal.

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