Archeological Museum Faggiano

The Archeological Museum Faggiano is housed in a historic private building in Lecce, where significant historical-archaeological evidence emerged following some maintenance work.\n\nHere, more than 2,500 years of local history have been uncovered, starting from the remains of the Messapian, Roman, and medieval periods up to the 17th and 18th centuries. Visitors can admire the remains of an ancient conventual structure with tombs, granaries, underground passages, ossuaries, frescoes, and a well where the Idume River flows.\n\nOver 4,000 ceramic artifacts have been discovered, while the underground cisterns are well accessible thanks to stairs that allow visitors to descend into the heart of history.\n\nEntirely funded by the Faggiano family, the museum opened its doors in 2008 and spans three levels covering an area of 250 square meters.