The History

To know the century long history of Pettolecchia is to know the history of Puglia.
Infact the masseria's estate has played host to the many peoples who have dominated the region, and who have enjoyed its sweet climate and abundant harvest.
Firstly the Romans who from nearby Egnazia advanced and colonized the surrounding area including the plain of Pettolecchia, where they built a villa rustica, the ancestor of the modern masseria, lapped by the “Via Traiana”.
In medieval times, many other conquering peoples – Bizantine, Lombardic, Saracen, Norman, Suevic, Anjouic – left their mark on the history of Puglia and the lands of Pettolecchia, up until the Aragonese in the XVth century, under whose reign the core of the present masserial structure was built.