The coat of arms of Muro Leccese is marked by the a head of a Moor set on a stone wall. The origins of this village are not certain since there is no written document, but the presence of dolmens and several menhirs confirm its ancient origins. There are five menhirs: the Giallini menhir is 1.6 m tall, the Crocefisso del Brongo menhir is 1.7 m , the Miggiano menhir is 2 metres , the Croce of Sant'Antonio is 4.2 metres, the Trice menhir is 4.3 metres tall. What is more thanks to the excavations made by the archaeologist Jean Luc Lamboley of the Ecole Française of Rome (from 1986 to 1992) some Messapian Walls dating back to the III / IV centuries B.C. were discovered: they were built to protect the inhabited centre and they were around 6 metres tall and around 3 metres large. According to some inscriptions found on these walls Muro Leccese was founded by the Pelagi of Crete. The village was invaded by the Saracens and around 1156 Guglielmo il Malo razed it to the ground. The following recovery was planned by the Norman king Tancredi who gave the feud to Alessandro Choti. From 1438 to 1744 , the population of Muro was governed by the Protonobilissimo Princes that governed the village by imposing their tyranny. Giovanni Battista I had got two children, Giovanni Francesca IV ( who was a wise prince) and Francesco Battista who, on the contrary, was a tyrant as his father. The dynasty of the Protonobilissimos ended with Giovanni Battista IV, that was forced to leave the village since his subjects had rebelled against him and asked the King Ferdinando IV to send him away. The Pignatellis succeeded to the Protonobilissimo until 1806 . The most important people from Muro Leccese are Negro Liborio (a very well known oculist), Liborio Riccio (a priest and a good painter), Antonio Trailo (a theologian) and Luigi Maggiuli (an archaeologist, a historian and a famous researcher).