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Castle · Cusano Mutri (BN)

Cusano Mutri Castle

  • Visit: about 1 h 15 min
  • 457 m
Cusano Mutri Castle
Photo: Adam91 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized

The ruins of the Sanframondi castle overlook Piazza Lago, in the heart of the village of Cusano Mutri.

In the old town of Cusano Mutri, on a rocky spur overlooking Piazza Lago, stand the remains of the castle. Its origins are shrouded in mystery, but the structure we see belongs to the system of fortifications that the Sanframondi built in their fiefs by the mid-13th century. In 1780, during a revolt, the peasants stormed it and set it on fire.An 18th-century document lets us imagine what it looked like: a central courtyard around which opened a hall with three windows, a kitchen, a granary, a stable for eight horses and several rooms, as well as a two-storey tower also used as a dovecote. A private passage connected the manor to the nearby Church of San Pietro. We recommend climbing up here during a stroll through the village's alleys.

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