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The first inhabited areas of Carovigno date back to before the Stone Age. Numerous archeological findings attest to the fact that the town was a flourishing messapico center in the part. The first nucleus of the city was called Carbinia, the meaning of which – flourishing – makes it clear how the area’s countryside was thriving and productive, in particular with olives, almonds and figs. Carbinia was surrounded by a triple circle of walls, but despite this, it was completely destroyed and sacked by Taranto’s army, which was allied to Brindisi.
Carovigno was dominated by the Byzantines, Lombards, Normans, Swabians, Angevins and Aragonese, passing from one feudal regime to the next.
During the 1400’s the city was fortified once again, with the construction of a new castle and a new circle of walls. The feudal regime disappeared with the end of the Imperiali family in 1700: after that date Carovigno was acquired by Gerardo Dentice, and later the municipality actively contributed to the cause of the Italian Risorgimento.