Ugento

is a city of 12.197 Inhabitants of the province of Lecce in Salento. Just A Few kilometers off the coast of the Ionian Sea in the south-western provinces.

Determines with No. 245 of 03/06/2008, the Department of Economic Development Region Puglia Acknowledged Ugento "City of Art". Ugento and bishop's seat since the X century and the current name is: Diocese of Ugento - Santa Maria di Leuca.

In Salento dialect the name of the country is Uscentu. The heyday for the city is what modern historians call "archaic", referred to the dawn of civilization in Italy. It Was During this period, More Than a millennium before Christ, Ozan (ancient name of Ugento) Established That the roots of a civilization has produced a large megalithic walled defense (with a circumference of 5 km in Some places Reaches a height of 14 m and a width of 8 m), the first minting of coins as the basis of the exchange, precious objects in clay and bronze and the statue of Zeus, protector of the city.