Colobraro.
The town boasts a beautiful view of the river Sinni
valley as far as the Jonian Sea.
It developed around the cenoby of the Basil monks
of Santa Maria di Cironofrio.
The castle, of which there are only a few ruins
left, was built in the XIII century and was the
residence of several feudatories such as the Sanseverinos,
the Carafas, the Donnapernas and the Brancalassis.
The name Colobraro seems to have come from the
Latin ‘colubarium’, meaning snake land,
a definition originating from the characteristic
bare rocky landscape which surrounds the town.
The XVII century church of San Nicola is interesting.
It is characterised by large ogival windows and
an inside with a nave and two aisles with marble
and wooden altars.
Next to the church stands the chapel of the ‘Icona’,
built in the XIV century and restored at the end
of the XVIII century. Near the town stands the old
XI century chapel of Santa Maria di Cironofrio,
nowadays dedicated to ‘Santa Maria della Neve’.