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The ancient nucleus of the town was to the N, on the Terravecchia hill, before the 9th c.; it was fortified by the Arabs and the Normans and took on an important strategic role. The modem town developed in the area known as the Terranuova, from the 17th c. onwards.

The Chiesa di Santa Maria la Nuova, or Badia, has a single nave, decorated by 18th c. stuccos. There are works of the Gagini schooland a tabernacle by G. Domenico Gagini. The Chiesa Madre (late 16th c. and considerably restored in the 18th) contains a statue of the Virgin Mary attributed to Domenico Gagini and a precious decorated organ which used to be in the Church of San Bartolomeo. The mediaeval beautiful Cloister of Convento di San Francesco, was opened again in 1994, after twenty years closed.