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The town was built on its present site following the earthquake in 1693 which destroyed the Norman village standing at a higher altitude, near Sopra la Balza.

The 18th c. Chiesa di San Bartolomeo, frescoed by Gaetano di Stefano, stands to one site of the main thoroughfare, Corso XX Settembre. In Piazza del Municipio stands the Chiesa Madre, which is dedicated to Our Lady of the Annunciation and St Joseph. Construction started in 1696 and was not completed until 1937; the façade is in late Renaissance style. It contains some good paintings (in particular, Our Lady of the Annunciation by Marcello Viery , 1790) and two statues, a gently expressive St Joseph andaveryold, wooden St Bartholomew. In the upper part of the village (named Cuozzo) stands the baroque Chiesa di Sant'Antonio, 18th c.