he Masseria Cisternella stands on the greenhouse that slopes gently towards the Ionian coast at about 450 m from the Gallipoli-Santa Maria di Leuca coast road.
The name recalls the ancient cistern, where the rainwater that came down from the top of the slope naturally collected.
The availability of a certain amount of water has allowed the establishment over the centuries of a small rural community that dedicated itself to pastoralism;
but, surely, also the "genius loci" inspired the farmer in his choice: the breeze that stirs the olive branches, the mild and temperate climate and the sparkle of the sea up to the horizon, still animate the countryside today and make it a place pleasant and suggestive to stay there.
Thus arose the farm with the houses, the oven, the stables, the enclosures called curti, consisting of dry walls for protection and delimitation.