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Inhabitants' name: Montesanesi

The civic coat of arms of Montesano Salentino is marked by a blue background on which  a big Bitonti Palacemountain is represented. There are no historical papers dealing with the  origins of the first, rudimentary, urban nucleus. It might have been founded by a group of people who settled  in this territory for its  good climate and  the fertility of the lands. According to another theory in ancient times there was a Church devoted to St Angelo, and near this church the people started to build the first houses. After the destruction of this centre Montesano Salentino rose. The feudal age in the Salento began after the arrival of the Normans but  the first historical documents of Montesano date back to the XVI century, when it was incorporated into  the Marquisate of Specchia, under the control of the D' Aragonas and of the Marullis. This centre became a real small town only in 1947 when it got its own administrative autonomy. Previously, it was a small village under the administration of Miggiano. he most well-known local people are  Saverio Scolozzi, a highly esteemed priest and excellent physician of the XVIII century, and  the Bitonti Brothers, who lived  in the XVIII century too and were famous surgeons.

 

 

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