Ex Scoppetta Mill

Cultural historical asset

It is a cylinder mill, an architectural complex in traditional masonry and wooden mezzanines. The production apparatus is arranged on four levels, plus a tower for the grain cleaning department. On a first level, below the road level, the transmission shaft is housed, on the second seven-cylinder mills, the third and fourth level are occupied by the buratteria. The machines still present today date back to 1911. This ancient factory belongs today to the heirs of the family of Francesco Scoppetta (1853-1918) who founded the Farinificio Industriale and also the Pastificio Francesco Scoppetta. The Farinificio stopped working last in 1970. On 19 January 2001 the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities declared the building called Ex Mulino Scoppetta to be of particularly important interest and is therefore subject to all the protection provisions contained in the Consolidated Law on Cultural Heritage, placing, in fact, the constraint. Noteworthy is the cultural interest that arouses in experts in the field such as the “associations” La “Ngegna onlus” and “Giovani delle Acli di Pulsano” which in turn rely on the scientific support of CNR IBAM of Lecce in the person of prof. A. Monte, who is also responsible for the Apulia region of AIPAI (Italian association for industrial archaeological heritage)