• City

  Castro

• Province

  Lecce

• Address

  Via Santa Dorotea, 73030 Castro LE, Italia

• Hours and opening days

  Mon-Sun 09:30 - 13 and 15-20

Description

The Museum allows you to observe many objects, from the Paleolithic, around 12,000 years ago, up to the sixteenth century, when Castro was the most exposed point on the border with the Ottoman Empire. Under the vaults of the Aragonese Castle there are also works of art from the classical period, made in Leccese stone, in particular the statue of the goddess Athena and then the most ancient examples of Baroque art, dating back to the 4th century. to. C. If they had not been found during archaeological excavations they could be confused with the decorations of the Leccese Baroque