Dominant fort over the surrounding medieval village and over the entire Sabato Valley. Today the Castle of San Barbato has the clear features of an Aragonese fortress of the fifteenth century, while retaining some typical features of the Lombard period. The structure is divided into a simple and low quadrangular building, with corner towers placed at the top of the central building, which encloses the internal courtyard, with an open staircase in the courtyard space. However, the Castle has a read more
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History
The castle was built in the Lombard era, probably already in the 7th-8th century, as evidenced by the canonization of San Barbato, Bishop of Benevento, which coincided with the process of conversion of the Lombards to Christianity, and by the presence, inside the manor, of a chapel dedicated to the Archangel Michael, to whom the invaders were particularly devoted. The existence of the Castle of San Barbato is officially attested, for the first time, in a document of 1146: it is a parchment kept read more
