Roccabascerana is located on a hill, about 400 meters above sea level, overlooking the Corno valley.
Signs of settlement here go back to late Bronze Age. The name "Quascirana" (the original name of this village) was recorded for the first time in a papal bull of 971. The origins of Roccabascerana Castle are vague, it was probably built by the Normans.
The Castles was built on a hill top and was protected by sheer cliff faces. The Normans, Aragonese and Angevins fought over this strategic fortification for years.
The castle was therefore built as a fortress to protect the village from enemy raids. Heavily damaged by several earthquakes, only a quadrangular tower, or what is left of it and parts of the curtain walls survived to the present day.
"SS.
Rosario
Confraternity"
with frescoes
of the 17th and
18th
centuries
Mother
Church in
Cassano
Caudino
Cosa
visitare a
Roccabascerana
DELLA
LEONESSA
BARONIAL
PALACE
The
Castle was
transformed
into a noble
residence in
the first half
of the 17th
century but was
completely
abandoned in
the first half
of the 18th
century because
the
della
Leonessa
Family
preferred to
live in an
another castle
located in
San
Martino Valle
Caudina.
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