Identity: port, Via Appia and the patron saints' feast
Brindisi's identity rests on two elements the municipality stresses in its historical notes: the Latin colony of 244 BC and its role as the terminus of the Via Appia, with the Roman columns. The city calendar includes the patron saints' feast, a local holiday.
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Latin colony and end of the Via Appia
The municipality's historical notes place Brindisi among the Latin colonies from 244 BC; the Via Appia and the Via Appia Traiana linked it to Rome. The Roman columns, built in two phases (1st century BC and 2nd-3rd century AD), are described as the terminus of the Via Appia: one collapsed in 1528 and a fragment was moved to Lecce the following century. The same notes record that the Lombards destroyed the city in the 7th century, that Frederick II married Yolande of Brienne there in 1225 and that the cathedral was built between 1089 and 1132.
The port in the urban landscape
Along the Seno di Ponente inlet the municipality points to the Monumento al Marinaio d'Italia, dated 1933; the Aragonese Castle, built by Alfonso of Aragon, stands on Sant'Andrea island around a dock.
Patron saints
The city calendar includes the patron saints' feast. If you move here, note that the day is a local holiday.
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Updated: 2026-10-20
Updated: 2026-10-20
Reviewed: 10/23/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-10-31
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