| At about 4 Km south of Otranto, before arriving at the air force base, you can see on the right a tree-lined path leading to the ruins of the monastery of S. Nicola di Casole, the well-known medieval coenoby dating from 1098. The site, which is today private property and includes a farmhouse, still keeps the remains of the ancient abbey which began its inexorable decline after the events of 1480.
Remains of columns set into the walls are still kept. A straight paved road about one km long starts from the farmyard. It was the stretch of the ancient road linking in the past the monastery to the nearby Uggiano la Chiesa.
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