Ancient Mill in the Historic Center of Morciano di Leuca

Salento Agency, a real estate agency operating in the Salento area for years, offers for sale a unique property just a few steps from the main square of the town (Piazza San Giovanni).

The building, unique in its kind, is located in Vico San Giovanni, a small street in the historic center.

Upon entering the property, you'll discover a corner that tells the story of Salento and the Morciano di Leuca area.

This single large room, covering thirty square meters, features a beautiful barrel vault.

During the initial phase of restoration, when the existing flooring from the 1950s was removed, structures carved into the natural rock were uncovered.

An ancient mill, presumably from the late medieval period, was revealed.

You can see the two granaries, the grooves left by the donkeys that powered the millstone, the canalization system, and the basins where the flour was collected.

Once the restoration work is completed, this small building can be used as a small shop for selling artisanal and local products or alternatively as a studio apartment.

It would be ideal to install a glass floor and soft lighting to highlight the beauty of this place.

This small building showcases the engineering capabilities of the era.

Morciano di Leuca

The ancient mill is not the only late medieval structure found in Morciano di Leuca. In fact, during the reconstruction of the paving in Piazza San Giovanni and nearby Via Roma, underground oil mills (frantoi ipogei) were discovered. These underground oil mills, also known as trappeti, were carved into the hard limestone (tufo).

It is believed that their construction began from the 11th-13th centuries until the early 18th century. One reason for the preference for building underground oil mills was the preservation of oil in an environment where the temperature remained fairly constant (the other reason was the construction cost).

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