Itineraries
Distance from Ostuni 15 km.
Cisternino is a comune
in the province of Brindisi in Apulia, on the coast of south-eastern
Italy, approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) north-west of the city of
Brindisi. Its main economic activities are tourism, the growing of
olives and grapes, and dairy farming. Cisternino sits in a historic zone of Itria Valley (in Italian: Valle d'Itria),
known for its prehistoric conical, dry stone houses called trulli,
which are preserved under UNESCO safeguards due to their cultural
significance, dry stone walls (muretti a secco),
and its fertile soil which makes it the home of the Salento wine
region. In 2014, Cisternino was declared the cittaslow city of the year.
The architecture is typical of the region
with an old Centro Storico (Historical Centre) containing white-washed,
stone buildings with cool, shaded, cave-like interiors, narrow streets
and churches. The town also features several community squares, each
of which is built on the edge of the hill allowing for some spectacular
landscapes. In Cisternino and the surrounding
area there have been several Bronze Age finds, including different
types of hand tools. Evidence would suggest that the region was also a
seasonal home to ancient hunter-gatherer humans. Font : wikipedia
For more information : www.comune.cisternino.br.it
