The civic coat of arms of Monteroni consists of three hills on a blue background. On the hill in the middle there is a branch of palm tree and a poplar while in the upper part of the coat of arms there are two stars with eight points. We do not know exactly how and when the village was founded but we can advance two hypothesis. It was probably founded by the Greeks who were attracted by the climate and the water of this territory. We could also suppose that the village was founded in the Roman period and was a place where the recruits were trained to war and only after a long an hard training period they could enter the Roman army. The name of the village would come from the Latin words “mons tyronum” which means training camp. The village was attacked by the Saracens and other barbarian popoulations. When the Normans came, the king Tancredi included the village in the County of Lecce and later it was given to the Bishop of Lecce. The village was then ruled by De Cremonas, the Monteronis, the Martiranos, the Gattinaras, the Ruiz De Castros and the  Lopez De Zunicas. Among the famous people of this village we remember: Salvatore Politi lived in the 19th century, he studied in the Seminary of Lecce, became a good priest and teacher of Philosophy, chemistry and mathematics. Luigi De Secli was born in 1897 and was a good writer and journalist. He was the editor of the ‘Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno di Bari’ and wrote several books. Donato Maria Imbriani lived between the 16^th and the 17^th century was a good priest, poet and theologian. Nicola Cacudi was born in 1882, he was an appreciated linguist. Alessandro Pino lived in the 19th century, he took his degree in Law in the University of Naples and became a skilled lawyer. He became mayor of Monteroni in 1860 and died when he was 59. Giovanni Antonio Solazzo lived in the 17th century was theologian and philosopher, he was very skilled in Greek, Latin and Hebrew. Vito Rizzo lived in the 19th century was an appreciated poet and physician. He healed those who had cholera and worked mainly in Naples.