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The Castle of Monteforte was probably an ancient Roman castrum, on which a real castle was probably built by the Lombards in the 7th-8th century. But the history of Monteforte is very ancient: traces of its existence can be found already during the Second Punic War (fought between Rome and Carthage from 218 BC to 202 BC), when Annibale Barca passed through it on his way back from Capua towards Cannae, where he prepared the historic trap against the Romans. The first certain information we have about the village is contained in a document from 1102 preserved in the Montevergine Archives. In the Angevin period, it passed to the Princes of Montfort and Count Guido de Monfort lived there, who killed Prince Henry of England in 1271 in the cathedral of Viterbo. Having committed the crime, he was deprived of his possessions which passed to the Orsini family, whose lineage they remained in until 1806. The Castle was renovated and transformed into a summer residence by Charles of Anjou who lived there several times from 1271 to 1280. It was abandoned to itself from the 16th century; legend has it that who knows what treasures were buried in it, unfortunately this gave greedy hands the opportunity to complete its destruction.

Montesarchio stands on a hill on the slopes of Monte Taburno, in the Caudina Valley, and is one of the entrances to the Taburno Camposauro Regional Park. It has ancient origins from the Samnites and the Romans, and is famous for its medieval castle that stands out in the panorama.

Ruins of the Castle of the hamlet of Mercogliano "Capocastello"

The castle of Grottolella built in 1083 on a pre-existing Lombard stronghold in control of the old village of Grottolella

The roots and history of Greco di Tufo one of the most famous white wines in the world

The Castle dominates the old village over the valley crossed by the San Giulio stream, built on a pre-existing Lombard stronghold in the second half of the 11th century, it was besieged and destroyed by the troops led by Ruggiero II the Norman.

Panoramic point of the Castle of Monteforte Irpino

At the end of the climb it unlocks at Castello di Tufo