The Castrum Minervae Award is an award assigned to Apulian companies that stood out for cultural innovation and creative research.

Launched in the summer of 2006, it has been supported by all the municipal administrations of Castro that have succeeded one another over the years. During each edition, the aim is to celebrate the visionary choice made during the first year of the Prize by the city administrators who have created it and, at the same time, point out the aims and objectives of the Prize, written in its founding charter: to give recognition to all those who, with their love, commitment and professionalism, have made Castro, Salento and our beautiful regional territory better known.

The 'Castrum Minervae', in keeping with these principles, has gradually grown in depth and quality