The centre

The summer courses of the Link Campus University will take place, at Montescaglioso, inside the Benedictine Abbey “San Michele Arcangelo”.
This monument is located in the old part of town: the first historical information dates back to the eleventh century. It reaches the maximum glory from the sixteenth century until 1784, when the monks abandoned to move to the town of Lecce.

The building has 365 rooms on three floors: the underground with vaults and cellars, the ground floor with rooms and refectory and the first floor with bedrooms, the abbot’s room, the guesthouse, the infirmary and the library. Equipped with two cloisters and many frescoes, the monument is also the main office of the Civitas  Severiana Foundation, which is named after the ancient Roman title of the town.