Monograph City of Corigliano d'Otranto

• Corigliano d'Otranto
• The Palace Comi
• The Fountain
• The Clock tower
• The arcade Lucchetti
• The Castle De’ Monti
• Caporta
• The Saint Nicholas the Bishop’s mother church
• The Vallonea oak
• The Park of the Pozzelle
• Laccu te lu Murica

Corigliano d'Otranto

Corigliano d'Otranto is one of the twelve towns of Grecìa Salentina and one of the nine towns which still conserve their fascinating and ancient dialect, the griko. It is situated in the heart of Salento, equidistant from the costs of the peninsula, and at about 25 km from Lecce. The flat territory is particularly suitable for the cultivation of olive trees which, as for other towns in the Salento, represent the main agricultural activity and an important source of income thanks to the production of the excellent extra virgin olive oil.

The urban, social and cultural development of the small town in the Salento is related to its roman origins but it was also influenced by the byzantine culture of the Greek monks. In fact, the origin of the Hellenic name “Chorion” refers to the existence of an ancient byzantine village during the medieval period. There’s also another interpretation according to which the name could derive from the word “cuore” namely heart, a symbol present in the town’s coat-of arms too