After the fall of the Roman power, Brindisi continued to identify itself with the history of its port that, among ups and downs, reached a new popularity at the period of the Crusades, when it became the crossroad for the knights and the pilgrims, directed to the Sepulcher. In the XIX century, again thanks to its strategic position, Brindisi determined the fertile experience of the "Valigia delle Indie" (merchandise from India), that changed the town in a rich commercial emporium, linking up London and Bomaby.
Fragments of history, whose remains are still found in the city road system, following the interesting routes we suggest, to know the original system of fortification of the ancient Brindisi, to admire the dignified refinement of its buildings, the imposing residences of Knights Templars, the magnificence of its churches, and at last, to discover the authentic essence of the town, called by Federico Il "filia solis" (sun's daughter) for the particular Mediterranean light of this extraordinary outpost towards the East.