There are also kitchens and servants' rooms. From the atrium, the stairs to the first floor lead to the servants' rooms, which were once used for supplies and the preparation of meals for the nobles. On the first floor are various rooms, many of which are frescoed and have original mosaic floors from the period. The entire structure is in a perfect state of preservation. Ortelle is about 40 kilometres from Lecce and 93 kilometres from Salento Airport (Brindisi).Ortelle is a small municipality in the lower Salento region and is part of the Union of Municipalities of the Eastern Coast together with the municipalities of Castro Marina, Santa Cesarea Terme and Minervino di Lecce.Ortelle and the hamlet of Vignacastrisi, has a territory that stretches around the ancient Messapian city of Vaste and the Salento Adriatic coast. The architecture that characterises Ortelle is typical of rural Salento villages, positioned around the Chiesa matrice (Matrix Church), and is served by a road network that represents the natural continuation of ancient rural roads.