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The ancient Caulonia, according to some scholars, was located in this area. The modem town developed in the Middle Ages around an Arab fortification, later restructured by the Normans. It was a fief of the Barresis and the Brancifortes.

The Chiesa Madre, built in the 16th c. by Matteo Barresi, stands in the upper part of the town. Its present appearance is due to some modifications carried out in the 18th c. Inside the church are some tombs of the Barresi family, and on the high altar there is an interesting painting by Filippo Paladini, Our Lady of the Annunciation amid Saints. Following Corso Vittorio Emanuele we reach the Town Hall, formerly a Dominican convent, and the interesting, centrally planned, Chiesa del Rosario, built between the 16th and 17th c. Opposite stands the Neo-Gothic style Palazzo Tortorici ( early 2Oth c.). The castle, built by the Arabs, was altered in Norman times and in later periods. Though picturesque, on its rocky crag, it is in fact in ruins. Whether you are a visitor or simply a reader of this Guide, you will have noticed that many Sicilian towns possessed - and in some cases still possess - a defensive structure that was subsequently turned into acastle or was originally built assuch. These were generally Arab fortifications That the Normans were first obliged to destroy and then to rebuild.