The civic coat of arms of Tricase has three houses on a red background on the left side while on the right side there are a cluster pine and a blue star. In Tricase there were four menhirs: the tourist can still see the menhir of Tutino and the menhir of Principiano while the menhir of St Eufemia and the menhir of Our Lady of Help (1.70 m tall) have been destroyed. We do not know exactly how the village was founded but we can suppose that the name ‘Tricase’ derives from the Latin words “inter casas” which means ‘among several hamlets’, then the village was probably founded as the union of those three hamlets: Trunco, Abatia and Manerano.The Norman domination began in the 12^th century. In the 14^th century Tricase was included in the Principality of Taranto and was ruled by the Orsini del Balzos until 1430. The village was then ruled by the De Alnetos, counts of Caserta, then by the  Della Rattas. Other families to rule Tricase were the Angilbertos, Castriota Scanderberghs, Santa Barbaras e Gallones. Among the people who were born in Tricase we remember: Giovanni Panico was born in 1985, he studied in Tricase then went to Rome to study in the Seminary. He became priest in 1919 and took his degree in Theology and Canonic Law in 1922. In 1923 he was appointed at the Apostolic Nunciature and he had to travel all around the world in Australia, Indonesia and Argentina. In 1962 he was appointed Cardinal. He died in the same year in Tricase after expressing the wish to build a hospital in Tricase, his wish was then fulfilled. Maria Teresa Sparascio lived in Tricase before marrying to a carabiniere and moving to North Italy. In 1943 her husband joined the Partisans to fight in the Resistenza and was killed by the fascists in 1944. Luigi Siconolfi was born in 1844 was a sweet and skilled teacher in the primary school. At the beginning of the First World War he was forced to enlist and died in 1915 near Vicenza. Giuseppe Pisanelli was born in 1812, took his Law degree in the University of Naples and opened his own office. He became an excellent jurist. He was chosen as Ministry of Justice and elected Deputy. He was exiled from 1849 to 1860, then went back to Naples where he died in 1879. Giuseppe Orlandi was born in 1712, he took his degree then taught Mathematics and Physics in the University of Naples. In 1752 he became Bishop of Terlizzi and Giovinazzo and died in 1776. We should also remember: Alfredo Codacci Pisanelli, Oronzo Pirti, Giuseppe Codacci Pisanelli, Roberto Caputo and Vito Reali.