The origins Many and at the same time opposite, in default of historical documentation, are the theory about the origins both of the town and its name. It goes through, by some romantic assertions, accorting to which Diso was founded after the destruction of Troy, to other, not less romantic, but perhaps more qualified, according to which today’s Diso alredy existed after year one thusand under the name Diśo, that is “desire to live there”. According to this version, to be verified, the little hamlet of Diśo, thanks to the inviting climatological quality, managed, over the years, attracting the attention of the Lords and Counts of nearby Castro that here they built the residences to stay. This tiny village became, in a short time, a real village, thanks to the arrival of a large number of survivors from the Turkish invasion, be all the rage along the coast of Salento between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, that in this place they found asylum and refuge.  It’s easy for anyone to assume, after this statement of the facts, that the “́” in the name Diśo has filed over the centuries untili t disappears, leaving the name today: DISO. Leaving aside all these supposition and thinking about all these documented certanties, you can definitely draw some conclusion, perhaps less romantic, but certainly more plausible. the first statement that we can make is that Diso existed before year one thousand, certainty comforted epigraph, existing on the current Mother Church, which emphasizes unequivocally as the construction of the building today, it took place on the ruins of the old church certainly built in the year 1003. Another certainty is that the ecclesiastical documentation written, dated between 1256 and 1420, it is noted that there is already DISUM or DIXUM, as a center of major importance. From these two truths we can infer, first that Diso doesn’t owes its origins nor of the Turks invasion, nor the residences of sojourn of the Lords of Castro, seen that already in 1269 was the center of major importance, and above all that his name not derived from Diśo, bearing in mind that the above-mentioned documents the name of the country varies, over the years by DISUM to DIXUM and sometimes even DISO, safe place names of origin Messapic. So far the origins of Diso stop during the eleventh century, but we can not neglect the sensational archaeological discoveries through which the town's origins are lost in the dawn of humanity: A stone with messapic inscription (50-130 AD.) Was found in 1913 and now preserved in the National Museum of Taranto. A dagger of the neolithic period (2500 -AC) was found in 1910 in an ancient tomb, and now preserved in the museum of Bari. A menhir dating back to 1,000 BC discovered in 1980 and now re-erected in the area where it was found. Of fundamental importance for the history of Diso, it is the discovery of the stone with an messapic inscription because, besides creating a new chapter on the origins of the country, determines unequivocally the messapic origin of the name Diso = Dizo = fortified city. These findings, in addition to confirming the existence of Diso already during neolithic age and the Bronze Age, give us the certainty of a messapic Diso, thesis also supported the ancient road link with neighboring Vaste where recently was found a massive Messapian settlement. We must, however, point out with regret that more light could have been made about the ancient origins of Diso if other findings, such as caves and tombs were not initially depleted and then destroyed forever by people who, perhaps without scruple or perhaps not aware of the damage done and the invaluable archaeological discoveries, have helped to thicken the veil of ignorance that surrounds the origins of all peoples. Surely we can say that although of uncertain origins and a history without some documentation until year 1000, Diso right around that time he tied for many centuries its vicissitudes to those of nearby Castro being its first house, from the 1085 vintage elevation of Castro County until the time of Turkish raids (1537), and then becoming common from 1806 until 1977, when Castro regained its independence, became autonomous. After the downfall of Castro because of the Turkish raids, Diso in 1600 became the most important center of the County being the most populous and also the best placed topographically. Throughout the six hundred Diso had a great building expansion and a marked increase in population and although totally devoid of craftsmen (the population was devoted exclusively to agriculture), there was the practice of many professionals (notaries and doctors) and, worthy to mention, there was at that time a hospital where they still ignore the activities practiced. 1700 began to Diso with a severe economic crisis is due to the advent of the Austrian Government (1714) is the lean agricultural production of progress made for some years in a row, which led to the arrest of over any form of activity (especially construction) also a massive migration to more fertile lands and houses. All this, however, did not deter the few remaining who in 1715 bought the two wooden statues of Sts. Apostles Philip and James, still venerated, and in 1758 built a new church dedicated to Them creating a renaissance both economic, with the opening of mills and oil mills, professional and cultural with the start of medical studies and crafts, both religious with the heyday for the local convent of the Capuchin Friars. After this period of splendor, the early nineteenth century, the Capuchin Monastery was closed by scoring an immediate stop of the flourishing religious activity of progress made until then. The beginning of the nineteenth century, however, marked the beginning of a new era for Diso, which thanks to the Napoleonic laws of 1806, we saw a capital raise of common fractions with Marittima and Castro. For over a century, the three centers have made life in common with major activities conveyed in Diso (doctor, the guard, the midwife) until, very rare case, the surroundings have become the largest in the capital that had, over the years, the two centers provide various offices and services (school, registry office, pharmacies). In this century and a half of history we have been not a few battles, often parochial, between the three centers, but thanks to the active collaboration of both the political forces of the citizens themselves, the problems of a social, political, tourism and economy were always resolved although with many compromises until 1977, when Castro, obtained the autonomy, has become autonomous, leaving Diso to continue his story with only a fraction of Marittima.