Palazzo D’Aquino was built over the remains of an old castrum ‘castle’. In fact, the inhabitants of Casarano name it casteddrhu ‘castle’. It was Duke Antonio D’Aquino, from Naples, who had it built in the first half of the 16th century. The big building should have been the biggest and most luxurious palace in Salento.
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Despite its look of “medieval castle” Castello Pio is instead a quite recent palace; Lawyer Alfonso Pio had it built at the beginning of the 20th century and he wanted it to have a style in line with a local architectural trend called eclectic architecture. The fencing walls themselves are nothing but simple walls surmounted by a battlement.
It was Lucrezia Filomarino, Princess of Casarano, who had the building started to be built in 1619. 
Dating from the 16th century, Palazzo D’Elia is one of the most representative monument of the town. Its façade is divided into two parts by a balaustrade running along the whole front. The linearity of the balaustrade is interrupted by a balcony standing over brackets decorated with putti and little statues
Palazzo De Judicibus gives to Piazza D’Elia a further sense of harmony and beauty with its sobriety. Its façade helps in creating an architectural game of urban perspective, giving a greater sense of balance to the asymmetrical square. Dating from the 18th century, the palace has had many reconstructions during the centuries. Its current aspect is in fact fruit of a restoration work from the 18th century.
Palazzo Capozza was built in two different moments: one part of it was completed by the year 1880 and another one in 1913. Following the fashion of the Art Nouveau it shows three different orders, decorated with basreliefs of ‘pietra leccese’ (a particular kind of soft stone from Lecce) and in mutual harmony.
Built by the Astores, a rich family coming from Scorrano, Palazzo Astore has a gentilitial column with the date 1770 still visible on it. The well known illuminist Francesco Antonio Astore, used to live here for short periods, even if he spent the most of his life in Naples where he took part in the Neapolitan Revolution in 1799.