San Chirico Nuovo.
This village, situated on a hill, was probably built
before the year 1000, by the Severini family. In the
XII century, it was a fortified centre. Later it was
uninhabited until 1516, when some Albanian refugees
moved in. Of the Middle Ages only the Castle is left,
part of which is still lived in.
In the Church of San Nicola di Bari there are two
masterpieces representing the ‘Crocifissione’
and the ‘Annunciazione’, of the XVI century.
Not far from the village, walking along a path, it
is possible to reach the place where the remains of
the Castle of Monteserico are, remembered because
there the Byzantines were defeated by the Normans,
in 1041. According to an old legend, in the caves
situated under the Castle, some Italian-Greek monks
used to live in and they used to reach Genzano through
an underground passage.