The Li Scusi Dolmen of Minervino di Lecce is one of the most unusual and representative dolmens in Salento. Consisting of a large, four-sided capstone supported by eight columns, each made up of stacked stones, it stands in a luxuriant olive grove off the provincial road from Minervino to Uggiano la Chiesa.
Each year aficionados and scholars of megalithic culture visit the dolmen, which owes its name to a word of the local Salento dialect, meaning “to hide”. Shortly before noon on June 21st, the summer solstice, a ray of sunlight passes through the hole in the upper portion of the capstone, creating a magical luminous circle.
If you turn left off the road onto the San Giovanni municipal road, you arrive at the Monticelli Menhir. This menhir, which was probably part of a larger megalithic monument, is today embedded in a rocky ledge and appears slightly narrower at the top.
Events nearby
In the coming days, within 15 km.
Karaoke
Karaoke night with Sandro Stefanelli at Antichi Sapori.
Mercoledì Latino
Salsa, bachata and kizomba night in Melpignano
Fiera di San Vito e Sagra del Maiale
The celebration of pork in Ortelle combines gastronomic tradition and local crafts in a convivial event.
Pumpkin Park Autumn Festival
Autumn event moves to Surano with workshops, live music, and a funfair.
FOS - soli deo gloria
Organ concert in Maglie with mezzo-soprano Serena Scarinzi and organist Maria Francesca Chiarello.
Concert for Soprano and Organ featuring Maria Francesca Chiarello
Concert featuring soprano and organ at the Salento Organ Festival
More places nearby
- Churches and cryptsChiesa della Madonna Immacolata (or Santa Lucia)Religious building rebuilt in the late 17th and early 18th centuries thanks to the offerings of the people of Minervino and completed in 1717. Minervino di Lecce very close
Churches and cryptsChiesa di San Michele ArcangeloMother church of Minervino di Lecce rebuilt in the 16th century on the
foundations of a 15th-century church. Minervino di Lecce very close
Churches and cryptsThe cave church of Santa Maria delle GrazieA simple facade leads into the cave church of Madonna della Grazia, nestled
below the road surface in the town of Minervino di Lecce. Minervino di Lecce very close
ArchaeologyMenhir San Giovanni MalcantoneThe Menhir of San Giovanni Malcantone stands in the countryside of Uggiano
la Chiesa, near the namesake fortified masseria (farmstead). Uggiano la Chiesa 1.6 km away- Churches and cryptsCrypt of Sant’Elena or San SolomoThe Crypt of Sant’Elena also known as the Crypt of San Solomo is from the Byzantine period and inside holds traces of striking frescoes. Uggiano la Chiesa 2.8 km away
Farmhouses and oil millsFrantoio Ipogeo Trappitello del DucaWonderful example of an underground oil mill part of a complex oil
processing system. Giurdignano 3.1 km away