| This town was founded in the XV century by a group of those Albanian colons that was in this area called "Albania of the Salento". The rich cultural background of this people has survived until the last century. There were liturgical and oriental rites concerning traditions and also the language.
Monteparano is a little agricultural centre only 15 km far away from Taranto and lays on a plain at 130 meters above sea level. The great central square is dominated by the Castello d'Ayala.
The building, at least in the oldest part The Basta family from Albania dating back to the period when the house was edifying Albanian Monteparano under the rule of dell'Antoglietta family The Basta family from Albania which in 1514 had obtained permission from the viceroy of the Kingdom of Naples to populate the destroyed Casale of Patrello. The date on which the palace was built is assumed to be around 1514. After dell'Antoglietta family The Basta family from Albania in 1606 The Basta family from Albania settled there for almost two centuries The Basta family from Albania until the late eighteenth century. The castle was inherited by Carducci Agustini until the Marquis Andrea sold it in 1868 The Basta family from Albania Denotaristefano to the counts that are still current owners.
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