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Castle · Laurino (SA)

Lombard Castle of Laurino

  • Visit: about 1 h 15 min
  • 550 m
Pictured: Laurino · RealNordyNed · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized and cropped

Ruins of the Lombard castle mentioned as early as 932, on Laurino's highest spur facing Monte Cavallo.

On the highest spur of the hill, facing the cliffs of Monte Cavallo, stand the ruins of Laurino's first Lombard castle. The "castle of the laurels" appears in a document of August 932, the same one in which the town's name appears for the first time. It was probably founded at the end of the 9th century.Although the upper floors have almost all collapsed, the structure can still partly be made out. We like to recall its great strategic value: for long periods it belonged to the king, and only in 1271 did the first feudal lords, the Valdemonte family, appear. We recommend climbing up here for the view over the village and the mountains.

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