Winaviconverter And Burner?

Published in The New Country December 22, 2010

Behind the Christmas Sant'Oronzo Square, once known as "Piazza dei Mercanton" and a portrait painter in a romantic engraving of the second decade of pre-unification is located on the square Castromediano Sigismund.

Before arriving at the square, admiring the elegant Palazzo Carafa Rubichi away. Dell'cinquecentesco built on the monastery and church of the Vincentians at the behest of the bishop Sozy-Carafa, the building was completed between 1764 and 1771 by master builder and architect Emanuele Manieri Oronzo Carrozzo according to the refined language style of the period, the main facade is characterized by fine portal-central balcony designed by Lecce Ghezzi.

We come Continuing beyond the ambiguous, urban talking Castromediano square, flanked instill a few meters from the Church of Jesus built this around 1575 to house the company of many clerics established in the thirties of the sixteenth century by Ignatius of Loyola . The prospect of the Church Lecce plain and simple, takes over the "dictates" of the Roman Church of Jesus architectural engineering design reworked by Michelangelo before and then by Vignola and completed under the direction of Giacomo della Porta, the monumental building is considered the "Mother" of all the churches of the order.

the center of the square on a high pillar stands a bronze statue of the patriot cavallinese Sigismondo Castromediano who, before being accused of plotting against the Bourbon government, adhered to the ideals of Young Italy of Giuseppe Mazzini . From the high position he silently watches valuable archaeological evidence. A few years ago during the road reconstruction works on the paving of the square, have resurfaced important archaeological excavations, the whole process of recovery and valorization of the ancient ruins, led by Professor Francesco D'Andria by the team and the University Salento, was designed to re-evaluate the three archaeological phases characterized by the presence of olive oil tanks.

The excavations have brought to light, "tracks" stratigraphic due to different historical periods from the Iron Age (first century BC) to 'Age messapica (IV-V century BC) until the nineteenth century, these findings demonstrate the importance of Salento from the I century BC in the production and export of oil in the Mediterranean basin.

The best example is the archaic lacus olearius dating from Roman times to the first century BC and belonging to a set of "trappeto" after the site find a deposit dating back to olive oil Aragonese (XVI century) and finally a final deposit of the XVII. Through the placement of special "windows-observatory" can "peek at this historic tombs, however, despite enormous windows have natural ventilation, condensation and often a reflection of the lights do not allow the curious observer a clear view of the environments groundwater.

Giuseppe Arnesano