Sasso di Castalda.
This village was originally called ‘Pietra di
Castalda’, which means fortified rock, as for
a document dating from 1068. It used to be a Norman
stronghold and was rebuilt in the middle of the XII
century. Several feudal lords dominated over it up
to the Conti Gaetani d’Aragona, who built the
imposing Castle of which only some ruins remain nowadays.
The Immacolata Parish Church has a peculiar portal
and inside it, there are a statue of the XIV century
representing the ‘Madonna col Bambino’,
some canvases of 1400, a confessional with renaissance
engravings, and some beautiful frescos of 1600.
Not far from the village there are the tops of the
surrounding mountains from which it is possible to
have a panoramic view of the area.
