🏛️ Lupias-Hydruntum
Roman port settlement in Salento Peninsula, Puglia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near modern San Foca, Lecce Province, southeastern Italy
- Ancient Messapian and Roman trading port active from at least 2nd century BC
- Strategic maritime hub serving Adriatic and Ionian Sea routes
- Ruins comprise foundation walls, pottery, and submerged archaeological deposits
Lupias-Hydruntum represents one of the significant port settlements of ancient Salento, the heel of the Italian peninsula. The ...