Melendugno

Melendugno
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
province	Lecce  (LE)
Coordinates	40 ° 16 ′  N , 18 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  N , 18 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  E
height	36  m slm
surface	91 km²
Residents	10,001 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	110 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	73026
prefix	0832
ISTAT number	075043
Popular name	Melendugnesi
Patron saint	Niceta il Goto
Website	Melendugno

Melendugno is a south-eastern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 10,001 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Lecce in Apulia . The municipality (or its main town) is located about 17 kilometers southwest of Lecce . The localities ( fractions ) San Foca, Roca Vecchia and Torre dell'Orso of the municipality are located directly on the Adriatic Sea . Another faction is Borgagne . Melendugno is located in the middle to southern Salento .

history

Numerous dolmens have been preserved from the Bronze Age . Roca Vecchia , an archaeological site about seven kilometers east of the city center , named after the faction of the same name , is an important fortified settlement that has been systematically excavated since the 1980s and dates back to the 17th century BC. Chr. Existed until the early Iron Age and is still being researched. From approx. 1000 BC The Messapians settled in the area of ​​Melendugno . The Roman settlement Thuria Sallentinum may have been here or nearby . Roca Nuova was a fortress built by the Count of Lecce in the late Middle Ages (14th century) .

The Torre di Roca as a remnant of the old fortress

The municipality has been called Città (city) since 2001 .

Location of Melendugno in the province of Lecce

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

Web links

Commons : Melendugno  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website about the excavations at Roca Vecchia (Italian and English)