In the locality of Masseria Donnaloia manufactured products of ceramic of brown-reddish impasto and were discovered, which are referable to the Metallic age.
The morphology of this zone has allowed very old settlings in natural caves.
In the II° century A.D. it was Trajan, who wanted a faster, convenient and safe way of the Via Appia to reach Brindisi from Rome in 13/14 days, to pass along a land with temperate climate. Around every 10-15 km the post horses were met, which served for the change of horses, the refreshment and housing for travellers. To go to Barium (Bari),he sailed along the cost and passed through the centres of Neapolis (Polignano) and Diria (Monopoli) and arrived at Gnathia (Egnazia).
Exactly 10 km from Egnazia on a hillocky, which dominate the sea, a settling became stratified in many centuries, which, in the beginning dug in the rock (sighting station), has seen superimposition of constructions of different style in the following epochs. |
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