The civic coat of arms of Zollino  represents a shining sun. The human presence  on the territory, since the prehistoric age, is testified by the recovery of ancient megalithic monuments, three wonderful menhirs that, probably, were used as funeral monuments. The menhir "Sant'Anna" is  3.10  meters tall while the menhir "dell Stazione," is 4.27 metres tall. The menhir "Pozzelle,"  (completely destroyed)  was  3.16 metres tall. An ancient legend tells that the menhir "Sant'Anna"  was used to celebrate the death of the king of a tribe: the body of the dead was buried under the  megalith with all his treasures. About the origins of this small town there are no historical documents: some historians think that it was  founded by the Greek but  another hypothesis is that it was built by the survivors of the near Casale of Soleto.  Other historians advocate  that the inhabitants of the near Casale of Apigliano moved to the territory of Zollino since they were attracted by the good climate and the fertility of the land. During the feudal age, after the  arrival of the Norman king Tancredi of  Altavilla,   the centre was annexed to the County of Lecce first and then to  the Principality of Taranto,  and it was governed by the Orsini del Balzos. The Orsini del Balzos were succeeded by  the D' Enghien and the D'Aragona. In  1480 Zollino was afflicted by the fierce invasion of the Turks, that razed the small town to the ground. The last vassals were the marquises of Sternatia, the Granafei, that governed until 1806. Some of the important native people are  Sergio Stiso, a priest, a theologian, a poet and a philosopher who taught  to the nephews of the King Charles V and  Sebastiano Manilio, who was an appreciated physician and philosopher, and he wrote some  works. Other local well-known characters are Vito Chiga who graduated in Law and became President of the Court of Lecce and Tommaso da  Zollino who became a good monk and an appreciated man of letters.