Manduria is a lovely town of Messapian origins and it  keeps several traces of its proud past. Today Manduria is an important oil and wine producer with a noble appearance. The heart of the town is Piazza Garibaldi where the XVIIIth century Palazzo Imperiali stands. It has a monumental portal and an iron wrought balcony running across the facade. This only one of Manduria’s ancient residences (Palazzo Arn, Palazzo Giannuzzi, Palazzo Gigli, Palazzo Dragonetti etc.). The Romanesque cathedral is of an amazing beauty. It has a large rose-window on the facade and a Gothic-Romanesque bell-tower. The nave is divided into two aisles by sumptuous capitals of the XVIth century. The ruins of cyclopean walls are the testimony of the bitter wars that opposed Manduria to Taranto. The three circles of walls date from the Vth to the IIIrd century. B.C. The Fonte di Plinio belongs to the Roman period. It seems that Pliny mentioned this natural grotto and people namet it after him. The level of the water inside it always remains consistant.