title: Speziale
text: # Speziale
  
  Speziale is an Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of the municipality of Fasano in the Province of Brindisi, Apulia. As of 2011 its population was 423.
  
  ## History
  
  The village takes its name from an apothecary (it: speziale) who once lived there.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Located in upper Salento, Speziale lies a few kilometres from the sea and the hills of the Itria Valley. The surrounding area is notable for large plantations of secular (i.e. long-lived) olive trees.
  
  ## Architecture
  
  The village has farmhouses and typical Apulian white-painted buildings. Its church, dedicated to Santa Maria del Rosario, was built in the early twentieth century.
  
  ## Events
  
  Every year, on the first Sunday of August, the town holds a festival, the Sagra della focaccia.
  
  