Crispiano is the territory of "A hundred masserie" (ancient farms), today recognized as "Uniqueness" of the Apulia Region.

The rock settlements are one of the characteristics of this territory: living in the cave has an ancient tradition, the small town rises on the two banks of the Vallone Lizzitello.

The Vallone Caves, once the refuge of the Basilian monks, later became the peasants'homes and constituted the foundations of the modern Crispiano.

In the territory of Crispiano there is the hill of Masseria L'Amastuola, archaeological excavations conducted by the University of Amsterdam have discovered an important proto-historic village, active from the 8th to the 5th century BC.

From the sixteenth century numerous farm were founded in Crispiano by the inhabitants of Taranto and Martina Franca.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century the Crispiano countryside was the refuge of the Priest Brigante Don Ciro Annicchiarico [4] within the complex dynamics of struggle between brigandage and fortified farms.

The farm is a founder member of the "Le Cento Masserie consortium" and an integral part of the San Paolo hunting organisation.

Surrounded by an immense vineyard, centuries-old olive trees and typical dry stone walls, this farm with enclosed courtyard has preserved all the charm of the past.

This modern farm results from a handing- over, which has progressively fitted it inside the district of “Le Cento Masserie” of Crispiano, whose concreteness and dedication are well known in the food-and-wine field, especially in the charming world of wine and olive oil, where Masseria Mita is an extraordinary reference point.

About fifty years ago, Armando first and Vincenzo later started the project of modernizing their 45 ha farm in order to produce high-quality wine and olive oil through the improvement of the cultivation techniques and the rationalization of the after-picking operations ( transport and storage of the olives, extraction and preservation of the oil ).

The "Summer Festival", Show, Fashion, Music and Art at the fair takes place from 2008 every last Sunday of August.

The patronal feast of the Madonna della Neve takes place every year in the first days of August.

The traditional feast in honor of San Michele Arcangelo, which takes place on the third Sunday of May in the gravine of Triglie, a rural area that marks the border between the municipalities of Crispiano and Statte.

The Peperoncino festival takes place the first weekend of September in S. Simone The prevailing element of Crispiano's economy is farming, with a flourishing agriculture based on olives.