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Casertavecchia is a medieval village, a fraction of Caserta, located at the foot of the Tifatini mountains. It was founded by the Lombards and later became a bishopric, for this reason it has a rich historical and artistic heritage, including the Norman castle and the Romanesque cathedral dedicated to San Michele Arcangelo.

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Casertavecchia is a medieval village, which certainly already existed in 861 AD. (named Casa Hirta). It passed from the Lombards to the Normans in 1062, and then to the Aragonese.

Here we can enjoy a fantastic panorama of the mountains near and far, including Monte Zecchinoso and Monte Traverso.

The Tower of Casertavecchia is part of the village which was under Lombard dominion. The particular position, thanks to the protection of the mountains, has made Casertavecchia a refuge for the populations during the incursion of the Saracens.

The castle of Casertavecchia is the main fortified place and military defense of the homonymous village of Caserta, the only one to have survived in legible forms in part and or completely having disappeared the city walls mentioned in the historical sources.

Casertavecchia (fraction of Caserta) is a medieval village that rises on the slopes of the Tifatini mountains at about 401 meters high and 10 km away in the north-east direction from Caserta. The origins of Casertavecchia are still uncertain, but according to some information extrapolated from a writing by the Benedictine monk Erchemperto, already in the year 861 AD. there was an urban nucleus called "Casahirta" (from the Latin casa meaning village and hirta meaning harsh). The village has undergone various dominations over the course of history.