Country Italy Province / Metropolitan city Brindisi (BR) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 55 km² Province Province of Brindisi Postal code 72028 | Region Apulia Demonym(s) Torresi Dialing code 0831 Elevation 72 m Local time Monday 1:54 PM Dialling code 0831 | |
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Weather 14°C, Wind E at 26 km/h, 79% Humidity | ||
Torre Santa Susanna (called Torri in the local dialect) is a comune in the province of Brindisi in Apulia, on the south-east Italian coast in the Salento peninsula.
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Map of 72028 Torre Santa Susanna Province of Brindisi, Italy
Its main economic activities are tourism and the growing of olives and grapes.
History
The Romans had two forts built here after the Second Punic War. According to tradition, in the 3rd century AD a Roman soldier wrote the name of Saint Susanna on one of these towers ("Torre" in Italian), hence the name. After a series of plagues and earthquakes, population from the nearby hamlet took refuge here, giving birth to the current town.
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