Ancient Village For Sale Near Santa Maria Di Leuca

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Locality Pozzo Volito, Patù, Santa Maria di Leuca, Salento - Apulia

In an enchanting landscape typical of Salento, there is a small village dating back to the early 1800s. Its characteristic is the presence of ancient stone buildings, finely restored in every part. For this, the place retains all the charm of the past. The Acient village for sale consists of 4 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, large Kitchen, various Pergolas and 2 wonderful internal Courts. Entirely covered by a rock pavement, smoothed by time and worked by man over the centuries. The surrounding land is characterized by centuries-old olive trees, some fig trees, prickly pears, almond trees, pomegranates and myrtles. In the center of one of the two courts, there is also an ancient cistern carved into the rock and dating back to the same period of construction of the village. In addition to the cistern, there is also a newly built artesian well, from which you can draw water in quantity. The entire property has an area between 10,000 and 20,000 square meters. You can decide to buy the Ancient Village of 200 covered square meters, with the land pertaining to 5,000 square meters . Or, to these, you can add adjacent lands for a maximum of 4 hectares.

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The Antico Borgo for sale is located in Patù, near Leuca 

The town of Patù is 126 kilometers from the Airport of Salento (Brindisi). The small village is located at the extreme edge of Capo di Leuca, at the bottom of the hill of Vereto.

According to historians, the name Patù derives from the Greek pathos (suffering, pain). In fact, it would remember the suffering of the city of Vereto (Veretum), destroyed by the Saracens, from which the village was born. According to others, the name comes after Verduro Pato, keeper of the granaries of the lords of Vereto.

The civic coat of arms depicts a cat holding a fish between its teeth on a gold-coloured field. Although it is small, PATU' ha an important History. Among the most important historical sites, we mention the archaeological one with the remains of the Messapian city of Vereto, "the Centopietre" and the staircase and the Messapian port in the Bay of San Gregorio, marina di Patù, only 4 kilometers away from it.

Vereto is an ancient Messapian city located a short distance from the town. It is located on a small hill. The city was an important center for trade, both with Greece and with Magna Grecia. It became a Roman municipality and then was razed to the ground in the ninth century by the Saracens. Of this center,  just some monumental testimonies remain, as the foundations of the walls that encircled the city and several burials. 

In the Bay of San Gregorio, marina of Patù and distant from it only 4 kilometers, once, there was the port of the city of Vereto. On the spot, in fact, the remains of a staircase of Messapian origi and a well for the supply of fresh water are still visible.

The Centopietre is an ancient funerary monument, declared National Monument of second class in 1873. Dating back to the ninth century, it was built to bury the remains of the Geminian knight.  Messenger of peace killed by the Saracens just before the final battle of June 24, 877, between Christians and Muslims. The rectangular structure is built with 100 blocks of limestone taken from the Messapian city of Vereto. Inside it has several overlapping layers of frescoes on sacred subjects dating back to the fourteenth century.

All Historians agree that the place where today is the Madonna di Vereto, was the center, both of the Vereto messapica, that of the Vereto Roman and medieval.

Patù overlooks the Ionian Sea for about 3 km with the resorts of Felloniche and Torre San Gregorio (seaside resort that houses various accommodation facilities). The entire municipal area is subject to landscape constraints for the natural composition characterized by Mediterranean scrub and local essences and for the presence of ancient monuments of inestimable aesthetic and traditional value as the pajare. Important is the presence of flora typical of the place as the Alisso di Leuca, thyme, myrtle and various species of wild orchids.