The civic coat of arms of Veglie is marked by a blue background on which there is a gun.  In the upper part of the coat of arms there is a five-pointed star too. The origins of this small town are very ancient as the discovery of megalithic monuments and of Messapian graves  of the IV century  B.C. testifies. There are no historical documents about the first village, but only theories according to which Veglie was founded in the X century by some Greek led by the Emperor Niceforo. Veglie was invaded by the Vandals,  the Longobards and  the Saracens. In the XIV century the population increased notably thanks  to the arrival of the surveyors that had escaped from the destruction of the near casali  of Santa Venia  and Bucidina. The feudal age began after the arrival of the Normans when the king  Tancredi of  Altavilla gave this centre to Spinello Delli Falconi. Later as the Principality of Taranto it was governed by the Orsini del Balzos. In the XIII century, Veglie was incorporated into  the County of Copertino, that was under the control of Gualtiero di Brienne. Then it was ruled by Guidone De Pertis, Filippo Bridono, Bartolomeo Bello and the family Prato. In the XV century the king  Ladislao  gave the feud to Ottimo De Caris and later to Tristano Di Chiaromonte. In  1484, this small town suffered the unexpected siege of the Venetians. In the XVI century  Umberto Squarciafico (from Genoa) first and the Pinelli later ruled this centre. The last vassals were the Pignatellis of Belmonte, that  governed  until  1806. A lot of famous local people can be mentioned. Aureliano De Mitri lived  in the XIX century and, after  graduating in Medicine,  he became an appreciated physician. He  wrote lots of works  and newspaper articles, and he got important recognitions. Adolfo Verrienti  ( XIX -XX centuries) was already popular  for his  intelligence when he was still a little boy. He studied in Lecce and after a short period he became an esteemed priest. He graduated at  the University of Rome in Canonical Law and  wrote a lot of works. Ferdinando  Quarta, after graduating in Law, became an appreciated lawyer of the XIX  century. Aldo Valente was born in  1906 and graduated in Turin in Engineering. He took part in the Second World War. He lived in Turin where he founded, together to other collaborators, a magazine and two daily papers. During all his life he had many professional successes. Francesco Coltelli  was a good monk and  man of letters. He taught theology, philosophy and other subjects.