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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.

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

Antico Castelletto belonged precisely to the Parise family as the name suggests, it is a pity that it is in a state of total abandonment, because, seen up close it is very beautiful and is characterized by the arches of the windows and the portal, very characteristic, too bad that be left to himself !!

Castelletto built by the Parise family that despite the passing of the years and the lack of care still retains its splendor.

Nice stop before arriving in Banzano going up from Borgo

At this point, turn right to go up towards the Lombard castle of Montoro and to follow the Sanctuary of San Pantaleone.

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

Today the small castle appears to be in a state of neglect, but nature, as in a loving embrace, seems to want to protect it from the impact of time. A treasure in the midst of nature so we can define it. Hopefully, always and in any case, in his recovery.