| Founded around the year 1300 after a legendary apparition of the Madonna, Francavilla Fontana, or the "Town of the Imperials", is located between the provinces of Brindisi and Taranto, near Ceglie Messapica and Manduria.
Its century-old history is worthily witnessed by the fine Castle of the enlightened Imperial Princes, today the town hall, with a magnificent balcony on the well-preserved and finely sculpted façade. |