Cisternino
Sign in to saveCisternino (Barese: Cïsterninë) is a comune in the province of Brindisi in Apulia, on the coast of south-eastern Italy, approximately north-west of the city of Brindisi. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). Its main economic activities are tourism, the growing of olives and grapes, and dairy farming.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Cisternino
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Cisternino
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Cisternino - Piazza Pellegrino Rossi - 1.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Piazza Pellegrino Rossi, in the old town
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Cisternino-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.shield_size
- px
- Italian comune.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Italian comune.region
- Apulia
- Italian comune.province
- Brindisi (BR)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Caranna, Casalini, Marinelli, Sisto
- Italian comune.mayor
- Luca Convertini
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 54.17
- Italian comune.population_total
- 11600
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 28 February 2014
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Cistranesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 392
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Quiricus
- Italian comune.day
- July 15
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Cisternino (Barese: Cïsterninë) is a comune in the province of Brindisi in Apulia, on the coast of south-eastern Italy, approximately north-west of the city of Brindisi. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). Its main economic activities are tourism, the growing of olives and grapes, and dairy farming.
Cisternino sits in a historic zone of Itria Valley (in Italian: ''Valle d'Itria), known for its prehistoric conical, dry stone houses called trulli, which are preserved under UNESCO safeguards due to their cultural significance, dry stone walls (muretti a secco), and its fertile soil which makes it the home of the Salento wine region. In 2014, Cisternino was declared the Cittaslow City of the Year.