Castro is a town and comune in the Italian province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-eastern Italy. Castro derives its name from Castrum …Castro is a town and comune in the Italian province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-eastern Italy. Castro derives its name from Castrum Minervae, which was an ancient town of the Sallentini, about 15 kilometres south of Hydruntum. Its ancient temple of Minerva was said to have been founded by Idomeneus, who formed the tribe of the Sallentini from a mixture of Cretans, Illyrians and Italian Locrians.
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