The civic coat of arms of Caprarica of Lecce has a  kind of chessboard in the upper part and three stars with an olive tree on a blue background in the lower part. On the previous coat of arms there used to be a goat. In the nearby of Caprarica there is Ussano, a very old centre with some ancient graves and a beautiful octagonal menhir which tell us that men have lived here since 35 centuries B.C. We are not certain about the origins of the village. Many scholars think that the village was founded in the 4^th century by a group of farmers who specialized in the growing of goats. The name of the village would then derive from ‘capra’, the Italian word for goat. The King Tancredi d’Altavilla divided the village in half. One half was included in the County of Lecce while the other half was given to Guglielmo Bonsecolo. The Bonsecolos ruled half the village also during the Swabian domination. The Angevins arrived in the 13^th century and gave the village to Niccolò Del Balzo. In 1369 the two parts of the village were bought by Agostino Condò and by Agostino Guarini. Around 1480 the village grew in population because the Turks razed to the ground a small village in the nearby and the fugitives went to Caprarica. In the 16^th century Charles V gave the village to Gregorio Adorno. It was ruled by Francesco Maria Giustiniani from 1675 and in 1759 it was bought by Giovanni Battista Rossi, the last person to rule the village. Many important people were citizens of Caprarica: Giuseppe Giancane took his Art degree in the University of Bologna. He taught in Lecce and was a leader for the people of his village. In 1997  the Library has been given his name. The Council Room is named after Leonardo Calò because he fought as a Partisan in the second World War and therefore has received several recognitions. Francesco Greco took his degree in Phisics and Mathematics in the University of Modena. He taught for long in Lecce then was a good Mayor for the village. Antonio Verri was writer and poet. We should also remember: Oronzo Verri (priest and man of arts) and Vito Quarta (physical).