Information, historical and travel guide San Pietro Vernotico, Brindisi province - Help for your accomodation in the town of San Pietro Vernotico
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Storia comune di San Pietro Vernotico provincia di Brindisi
There are some suppositions about the origins of the name. A popular legend tells about Saint Pietro that, coming back from the East, stopped in those lands to spend the winter (in Italian: “svernare”): hence the name San Pietro Vernotico. In other suppositions the term “vernotico” is always referred to “spend the winter” anyway. The first settlement rose up in 8th century around the church of Saint Pietro built up by some Basilian monks, but the fist document in which the town is named dates back to 1107. Some says that in the 11th century the Normans built the “square tower” and just around this tower a new village rose up.
Informazioni turistiche comune di San Pietro Vernotico provincia di Brindisi
San Pietro Vernotico stands on the northern part of Salento plain. The town is surrounded by a lovely landscape of olive groves and vineyards and it still guards marks of its history such as the Saint Pietro Church which the town rose up around and thus the oldest church of the town. Furthermore there are the “Torre Quadrata” (“Square tower”), a Norman-Swabian tower, numerable farmhouses and the typical house built with reeds joined with ropes (“case a cannizzu”). A few km away from the city there is Campo di Mare that is the bathing resort of San Pietro Vernotico, characterised by a clear sea. Among the most important events you can’t miss the “Flag auction” (“Asta della bandiera”), taking place on the second Sunday after Easter, to remember the Saracens’ defeat who, during their escape, lost a flag.
Aree di interesse turistico del comune di San Pietro Vernotico
Monumenti, musei, chiese, parchi naturali, castelli e attrazioni da vedere in comune di San Pietro Vernotico
Appuntamenti, eventi, manifestazioni e sagre comune di San Pietro Vernotico provincia di Brindisi
Papara and Flagstick Palio
Feast and Fair of Saint Peter
Feast of Snails
Fried Fish Festival
Festa della Madonna di Sanarica
Fiera dell'Immacolata e Sagra de le pittule
E' un occasione per acquistare capi di abbigliamento a buon prezzo dalle bancarelle allestite...
SAN PIETRO VERNOTICO Tourism
Masseria Torre Maizza
Torre Maizza farm is located in the middle of a large hillside estate ...
