The civic coat of arms of Parabita has a blue background and it represents an ancient fortress,  two towers and two cypresses surmounted by an angel holding a sword in the right hand. At Parabita you can see the Venus' Cave  where some archaeological finds have been recovered.  The origins of this small town are still today mysterious: maybe it was founded by some Greek, but according to another hypothesis its first name was Bevota, that was a very important centre where there was a fortress surrounded by walls.  Between  the IX and the X centuries, the terrible Saracens destroyed the town completely. According to a popular anecdote when the enemies arrived the  people of Bevota stayed inside the town and after two days they started attacking the Saracens with pieces of cheese until they did not leave the town. Unfortunately the events were different and the small town was completely destroyed and later it was reconstructed and  called Bavarita, Paravita and finally Parabita. The first historical news date back to the XV century, when the Sanseverinos governed this town and then they were succeeded by the De Caros, the d'Aragonas  and the Castriota Scanderbergs. The last vassals were the barons Ferraris who governed until  1806. Some of the most well-known people of Parabita are Giuseppe Bellaria who was an excellent doctor and philosopher (XVIII-XIX centuries) and Giuseppe Ricci (XVIII century) who became a  Jesuit, he taught philosophy and theology and he wrote a lot of works. Vincenzo Maria Ferrari was a good priest and a  poet and he wrote several Latin poems. He died when he was 91 years old in the XIX. Pirro Castriota was an illustrious vassal that managed to better the economical and social conditions of Parabita.