The civic coat of arms of Vernole has a blue background on which there is a big bird flying on a stately tree. Also this little town has ancient origins, dating to the prehistory,  as the near  menhirs testify. There are no historical documents about  the first, urban centre: probably it was built in the IX after the arrival of the people who escaped from the destruction of the neighbouring Hamlets of Roca and St Lorenzo, that were invaded and sacked by the Saracens. The first historical document   is about the Norman domination during which the king Tancredi of Altavilla gave the feud to the family Accordi, who later gave a part of the feud to the Bishop of Lecce. The Accordis were succeeded by the Briennes and, later Vernole was annexed to the Principality of Taranto under the control of the Orsini Del Balzos. This town was ruled by several feudal vassals as the D' Aragona, the Tarantinos, the Paganis, and the Salluzzos. The last vassals were the Bernardini, that governed until  1806. Among the most important local people there are Gian Giacomo Acaya and  Oronzo Reale. The latter  lived  in the XX century and became a politician who played an important role in the Italian politics: he was appointed Secretary of the Republican Party, Lord Chancellor and Judge of the Constitutional Court. Gian Giacomo Acaya lived  in the XVI century and, after studying architecture, he became a famous architect of the Kingdom of Naples. He planned a lot of fortresses in many towns, and he died miserably in a jail of a castle he himself had projected.