City of Alliste - Felline
Channel: Città aperte in rete
Date: 2018-04-17

Alliste's story is closely linked to its fraction. Felline is a small and charming village in Salento that still preserves the ancestral charm of its peasant past.
Felline is most likely of Greek or Messapian origin, as evidenced by many clues.
The etymology of its name could derive from the Greek "Feline", which means "cane", "lake".
Due to the presence of these swampy places, it was easy in the Messapian age to find clay of high quality and that is why another theory sees the name Felline translated with the Greek word "figlinae" (it is read figlìne), i.e. "Place of production of ceramics".

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