Cavallino

Cavallino is a Southeast Italian municipality ( comune ) with 11,909 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) in the province of Lecce in Puglia. The community is located about 6 kilometers southeast of Lecce in Salento.

Prehistory and history

The remains of settlements ranging from the Bronze Age to the 3rd century BC, after the site was apparently abandoned. From the early period come next finds of stone tools even standing stones, such as the 2.6 m high menhir Ussano. The Bronze Age, rather small cabin groups were in the localita Pere and north thereof. Get remained circular hut floors, stone arrowheads, post holes and broken pieces of Impastogefäßen, a hand getöpferten, thick brown pottery. In Pelli a large oval Einraumhütte of the 8th century BC was uncovered of 6 x 11 m, the one embedded in the ground Pithos for stockpiling had a millstone and a hearth inside. In the 6th century BC, an area of 69 hectares with a 3.1 km long and up to 4.0 m wide city wall was moved to an upstream 4.0 m wide trench, which is interrupted at the level of the gate. The area around Cavallino was now an important center of Messapians. The ancient city of these original inhabitants of Salento were probably 470 BC, chased by the Greeks. From the 13th century AD, the transmissions of the fief of Cavallino are documented. By 1806 not only feudalism ended in southern Italy. Since this year Cavallino is an independent municipality.

Traffic

Through the community, the Strada Statale 16 Adriatica leads from Lecce direction Maglie. The nearest railway station is located in Lecce San Cesario di Lecce or in.