Situated half way between Brindisi and Ostuni on a hill top just a short distance from the Adriatic Sea are the town's houses. Carbina was founded by the Osci and destroyed by theTarentini, who also exterminated all the town's inhabitants.

The oldest part of the town, is the section that was once part of rocca or castle. The rocca was subsequently surrounded by high stone walls which included four separate towers erected after 1390 by the Prince of Taranto. Carovigno fell firstly under Norman rule and later under that of the Angioini and Aragonesi and was governed by numerous feudal rulers.

Arts and Culture

Other than the Castle other monuments of historical and archaeological interest include: the Cave-Sanctuary dedicated to Maria Santissima of Belvedere, situated at three kilometres north-east of the town . The miracolous discovery of a piece of fresco-work, depicting the face of the Virgin Mary, dates back to the period in which Carovigno was under the feudal rule of the countess of Brindisi. On the eastern boundary of the countess of Brindisi. On the eastern boundary of the municipal territory at nine kilometres from Carovigno stands Serranova Castle, erected at the beginning of the 17th century by Ottavio Serra. Torre Guaceto is an area where a natural protective oasis has been built; the area also includes an important archaeological site .

Much loved tourist destinations are both Specchiolla and Torre S.Sabina: the first is relatively recent, even though its beautiful beaches have been visited for centuries; the second has be know since the Roman era where even today it is possible to find archeological remains now and again .