# Castro, Apulia

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**Castro** ([Salentino](/source/Salentino): *Casciu*) is a town and *[comune](/source/Comune)* in the [Italian](/source/Italy) [province](/source/Provinces_of_Italy) of [Lecce](/source/Lecce) in the [Apulia](/source/Apulia) region of south-eastern [Italy](/source/Italy).

## History

Castro derives its name from *Castrum Minervae* (Latin for "Athena's castle"), which was an ancient town of the [Sallentini](/source/Sallentini), about 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of [Hydruntum](/source/Hydruntum). Its ancient temple of [Minerva](/source/Minerva) was said to have been founded by [Idomeneus](/source/Idomeneus), who formed the tribe of the Sallentini from a mixture of [Cretans](/source/Crete), [Illyrians](/source/Illyria) and Italian [Locrians](/source/Locrians) (Central Greek tribe).[1]

It is also said to have been the place where [Aeneas](/source/Aeneas) first landed in Italy, the port of which he named *Portus Veneris* ("Port of Venus"). The temple had lost some of its importance in [Strabo](/source/Strabo)'s day.[1]

Castro has been since 1969 a [Titular see](/source/Titular_see) of the [Roman Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church); its Latin name is *Castrensis in Apulia*.[2] [Richard Sklba](/source/Richard_Sklba) (1935–2024), auxiliary bishop of the [Archdiocese of Milwaukee](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Milwaukee), was the most recent incumbent.[3]

## References

1. Vol. 5. p. 485.

## External links

- [Castro Marina](https://web.archive.org/web/20190808094555/http://www.castromarina.info/)
- [Castro vacation](https://www.salento-puglia.it/case-vacanze-a-Castro-in-Salento-1.php) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190427195803/https://www.salento-puglia.it/case-vacanze-a-Castro-in-Salento-1.php) 2019-04-27 at the Wayback Machine

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