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Grotta della Trinità (en)
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Grotta della Trinità (en)


The Grotta della Trinità o dell'Eternità is located on the northwest of Serra that joins Casarano and Ruffano. The cave is privately owned and damaged by human intervention. It has a depth of more than 30 m, an irregularly triangular plan, a high vault and wide arc mouth facing west that light the surroundings especially during the afternoon. Some walls in proximity of the cave’s mouth are related to recent adjustments.
Presso la Prov. Ruffano-Casarano (loc. Crocefisso alla Macchia), Ruffano

bibliography sources:
AA.VV. Guida del Museo Civico di Paleontologia di Maglie, Galatina,1996. G. Cremonesi, Gli scavi nella grotta della Trinità (Ruffano-Lecce), in Quaderni di ricerca scientifica,100, CNR, Roma 1978. G. Cremonesi,  Il Neolitico e l'inizio dell'età dei metalli nel Salento  in La Puglia dal Paleolitico al tardo romano, Electa, 1979. G. Cremonesi, Gli scavi nella Grotta della Trinità (Ruffano, Lecce), in Quaderni di ricerca scientifica, 100, vol. II, CNR Roma 1978, pp. 131-148. F. D’Andria,  Archeologia dei Messapi,  Bari,1990, p.195.  F. D’Andria, Insediamenti e territorio: l’età storica, in ACT, XXX, 1990, Taranto 1991 (Napoli 1993), 393-478 , pp. 195-196. F. D’Andria, D. G. Yntema, V. Melissano, Grotta della Trinità (Ruffano), in Archeologia dei Messapi,1990, pp. 195-196. A. Marinelli Ceramica medioevale della grotta della Trinità(prov. Di Lecce) in Archeologia Medioevale, II, 1975, pp.468-471.  A. Medea Gli affreschi delle cripte eremitiche pugliesi, I, Roma,1939. C. Pagliara, Materiali iscritti arcaici del Salento in Salento arcaico, Atti del Colloquio Internazionale (Lecce 5-8 aprile 1979), Galatina 1979, pp.83-89.  C. Pagliara, Grotta Trinità, in BTCGI, VIII, 1990, pp. 191-192. A. Prandi, La civiltà rupestre medievale nel Mezzogiorno d’Italia. Ricerche e problemi  in Atti del convegno internazionale di studi a cura di C.D.Fonseca, Genova, 1975.  A. Prandi, Aspetti archeologici dell’eremitismo in Puglia, in L’eremitismo in Occidente nei secoli XI e XII, Atti della seconda settimana internazionale di studio (Mendola, 30 agosto-6 settembre,1962), Milano 1965, pp.435-456. G. Semeraro, En neusì. Ceramica greca e società nel Salento arcaico, Lecce-Bari 1997. L. Tasselli  Antichità di Leuca  Micheli 1693, p. 138. Grotta della Trinità

historical information:
Systematic excavations of the Università di Lecce in the years 1970-1975, conducted by Giuliano Cremonesi, have highlighted the various phases of attendance and use of the cave. The materials found are related to the Neolithic age, with the recognition of ceramics with engravings and graffiti as decorations. Ceramic fragments and inscriptions dating back to the second half of the 7th and 4th centuries BC certify the characteristics of the cult the cave covered in this period. The cave kept its function linked to the worship in the period of Byzantine dominance during which the influence of the culture and the eastern monasticism has led to the hermitic phenomenon of the solitary life in caves and to that of the cenobites of the Italian-Greek monastic laura. Finally, the presence of oil lamps, pots and bowls strongly testify the use of the site as a place of worship for the entire Middle Ages, the period to which traces of frescoes on the walls are related.  
Info
property:
Private
accessibility:
Inaccessible
conservation:
Very bad
period of construction:
From the Neolithic to the Medieval Period
local name:
Grotta della Trinità o dell'Eternità
historical information:
Systematic excavations of the Università di Lecce in the years 1970-1975, conducted by Giuliano Cremonesi, have highlighted the various phases of attendance and use of the cave. The materials found are related to the Neolithic age, with the recognition of ceramics with engravings and graffiti as decorations. Ceramic fragments and inscriptions dating back to the second half of the 7th and 4th centuries BC certify the characteristics of the cult the cave covered in this period. The cave kept its function linked to the worship in the period of Byzantine dominance during which the influence of the culture and the eastern monasticism has led to the hermitic phenomenon of the solitary life in caves and to that of the cenobites of the Italian-Greek monastic laura. Finally, the presence of oil lamps, pots and bowls strongly testify the use of the site as a place of worship for the entire Middle Ages, the period to which traces of frescoes on the walls are related.  
other related objects:
101, 74
bibliography sources:
num gps:
1052
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Distance from:
Grotta della Trinità (en)
16 m
Cripta della Trinità (en)
Presso la Prov. Ruffano-Casarano (loc. Crocefisso alla Macchia), Ruffano
1674 m
Bosco Occhiazzi (en)
Madonna della Serra, Ruffano