Monuments Salento

The terminal Roman columns of the Via Appia Antica date back to the 3rd century AD, judging by the capital. These columns are testimony to Roman art. The columns are located close to some squares and are easily visible. At the beginning, there were two Roman Columns. Today there is only one left, located near the Port of Brindisi. The columns were built in marble and had a height of 18.74 meters. An inscription is readable on the column pedestal. Many assumptions about the placement of the columns, but the most reliable is linked to the celebratory purpose. The construction of the two twin columns is thought to date back to the period II — III centuries. The remaining Column is the emblem of the city.

It represents one of the symbols of the city, it is located in the port and was built of reinforced concrete to commemorate the approximately 6,000 sailors who fell during World War I and the 33,900 sailors who fell in the second. It is a monument in the form of a rudder 53 meters high in reinforced concrete covered with carparo. It was built between 1932 and 1933.

The Franciscan Basilica of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, today a national monument: it was commissioned and made by Raimondello Orsini del Balzo and consecrated in 1391.

The Monument is a sculpture that was conceived by Floriano Bodini in 1988 dedicated to the Greek artist Virgil. The statue was built and placed right in Brindisi, in a small garden on the seafront, to honor the memory of Virgil because in Brindisi he spent the last period of his life and where he died in 19 B.C.

The Tower of Avetrana dates back to the end of the fourteenth century. The building has special architectural and decorative elements of Norman art (1050-1070) of Puglia. It belongs to medieval times. Deep restorations have altered the original structure. The Tower has a cylindrical shape, which is the oldest part, decorated with classic motifs of the 18th century.