Castro, Apulia

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Castro
Comune
Comune di Castro
Castro
Castro
Coat of arms of Castro
Coat of arms
Location of Castro
Map
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
73030
Dialing code0836
Patron saintMaria SS. Annunziata (principal) and Santa Dorotea
Saint day25 April and 6 February
WebsiteOfficial website
Castro Marina.

Castro (

Salentino: Casciu) is a town and comune in the Italian province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-eastern Italy
.

History

Castro derives its name from Castrum Minervae (Latin for "Athena's castle"), which was an ancient town of the

Idomeneus, who formed the tribe of the Sallentini from a mixture of Cretans, Illyrians and Italian Locrians (Central Greek tribe).[3]

It is also said to have been the place where Aeneas first landed in Italy, the port of which he named Portus Veneris ("Port of Venus"). The temple had lost some of its importance in Strabo's day.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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  3. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Castrum Minervae" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 485.
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