Villa Baldassarri, also known as Villa Baldassarre, is a hamlet in the municipality of Guagnano, in the province of Lecce, which has 1,025 inhabitants (2001). It is located at 2.5 km from the municipal city, to the north-east, and 24 km from Lecce. The name is connected to Lecce's feudal family of the Baldassarro, who were the owners of the house. It rise on land that was occupied until the Middle Ages from the Forest of Oria.