Specchia di Pozzo Mauro (en)
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Naturalistic/Archaeological
2015-06-22 19:08:50
Located on the highest point of the Serra of Pozzomauro, or the Pozzo Magno, from the homonymous medieval house destroyed, according to tradition, by a Saracen attack in the fifteenth century; the specchia seems to still want to play its role as a lookout of the territory although only a few ruins survived from its original structure.
Serra di Pozzomauro, Presicce
constraints:
Vincolo archeologico L. 1497/39 e R.D.L. 3267/23
bibliography sources:
Specchia di Pozzo Mauro
A.Stendardo, Presicce sotterranea, Galatina 2005.
M. R. Muratore, Guida del Salento, dolmen, menhir, specchie, siti messapici e romani, cripte, i centri storici del Barocco, piazze, musei, artigianato, feste- Galatina 1991.
historical information:
Cosimo De Giorgi, after analyzing some specchie, including that of Pozzomauro, compared them as similar constructions to the trulli and in a sense to the nuraghi of Sardinia, but used for defensive purposes. The exact dating of this, like all other large specchie, has been a source of controversy among historians and scholars who would place their origin in different periods of time, from the pre-Messapian period to the Norman period.