Mr Gregorio Minervini and his wife, Mrs Tonia de Fazio, gathered successfully most of the original place called “La Macchia degli Esperti”, in a very daring way and moved by an entrepreneurial instinct and a genuine passion for history and tradition.
They are the owners of the central nucleus of the ancient large landed estate, where you can see the ancient sighting tower presumably built between 1519 and 1526 for defense, for the sighting of invaders coming from the sea, and for communicating common and imminent dangers with the other neighboring towers.
“La Macchia degli Esperti” derives its name from family of ancient and noble lineage, originally from Bergamo, coming from Trani, the Esperti family, that had their properties in these lands many centuries ago.
Petrellus, son of Crapio Sperto was the first representative of the family: Petrellus has a certain and historical documentation. By this explanation we can affirm that the original surname of this family was connected with the Italian word for goat (capra) and with his job of goat farmer. So the origin of the surname was linked to his job or to the nickname given to someone dull but at he same time physically strong.
In the first twenty years of the XVI cent. the surname changed into Sperti. At the beginning of the XVII cent. it was definitively changed into Esperti.
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