In the historic centre of Minervino the tourist can visit the typical ‘case a corte’ and the stately palaces such as the Scarciglia Palace and the Venturi Palace. The façade of the latter palace is very interesting because there is an ashlar portal with a statue representing the family coat of arms. The Mother Church id dedicated to St Michael Archangel. It was built in the 16^th century in Renaissance style. Its beautiful façade has a finely decorated portal and a big rose window with elegant decorations. Its altars are in baroque style and its paintings are very interesting. The church of Our Lady of the Graces dates probably to the 17^th century, inside there re fine decorations and a beautiful high altar. The Church of the Holy Cross and the Church of St Peter are simple but certainly worth visiting. The Church of St Anthony is close to the Convent of the Reformed Fathers. Both building date to the 17^th century. The church has a sober façade while inside there are some elegant altars, a wooden statue of the saint, a 18^th century pipe organ and interesting paintings, one of those is attributed to Catalano. The Chapel of Our Lady of the Sorrow is very simple but inside it has some paintings by Oronzo Tiso.  The countryside around Minervino is full of old olive tree and in the village there were several underground oil mills. In Minervino people can visit one of the biggest oil mills of the area, it is 700 square meters wide and is at 3 m under the street level. In the countryside of Minervino there are also some fortified farms dating to the 17^th century: in the past there were 16 fortified farms where lived about 100 people each. The patron saint of the village is St Anthony and the population celebrates him on August 10^th,11^th and 12^th.  

The nickname of the people of Minervino of Lecce is “cappiddhuzzi”, which means ‘fine hair’. Once upon a time a strange man arrived in the village and he offered the people to repair their old hair for only a few coins. Many people accepted but the man collected money and hair then disappeared.