Mashed broad beans with chicory or seasonal wild vegetables is one of the traditional dishes of Cellino San Marco and Salento. It comes from the rural tradition and was used at various times of the year thanks to the fact that the beans were harvested and dried to be preserved Read more…
The orecchiette are today perhaps one of the symbols of Puglia and have spread since the XII century starting from Bari during the Norman-Swabian period. They are a typical pasta with an “ear” shape thanks to the way they are prepared by crushing the dough with the thumb. The most Read more…
One of the typical dishes of Salento are the lamb rolls which are called Gnemmarieddhri or even Turcinielddhri in the Brindisi area. The rolls are small and are made from liver or other lamb entrails that are held together by a piece of tripe and then rolled up (gnumeredde means Read more…
In Cellino San Marco one of the best oils of Puglia is produced called “Terra d ‘Otranto” DOP and is made with Cellina or Saracena and Ogliarola olives. It is a fruity oil with a sweet taste and a slight scent of legumes and a fragrance of grass. On this Read more…
Al Bano began in Milan in the 1960s and soon arrived in San Remo where he won in 1967 with the song Nel Sole which would become one of the emblems of his life together with Felicità. “In the sun” would also become a film and on the set Al Read more…
The fair stems from the fact that the farmers had harvested and had the money to buy winter clothes.
A religious festival for a cult probably introduced by the Basilian monks who brought so many saints of the East
It is impossible to describe the variety of the offer of shows and summer events for a town that in summer reaches thousands of people a day in the playground park of Carrisiland. You can listen to music in the square, in the alleys played by the new groups and Read more…
Oven grave The most ancient testimony of life in the area of Cellino San Marco is from a tomb dating back to 2.000-1.800 BC The tomb was dug out of the nearby tuff rock (hence its name “oven”) in the Li Veli district and consisted of three cells of different Read more…
For all geology enthusiasts, the area where the towns of San Donaci, Cellino San Marco, Squinzano and Trepuzzi are located is a great ‘polje’ or karst depression and is a perfect example of the karst in this part of Puglia. Polje is a term that comes from the other side Read more…
