Carife

Carife, Campania, Italy

Carife belonged to the Vico Barony and has very ancient origins; recently archeological ruins were found that testify the presence of man in this area since 3000 BC. From that time Carife was always very important in the Ufita Valley. The territory was occupied by Apulians, Etruscans, Greeks, Lucani and Romans.

In 849 it was included by the Lombards in the Duchy of Benevento. In the 11th century Gradilone, nephew of Roberto il Guiscardo, was its Lord. In 1269 Charles of Anjou gave it to the Del Balzo family. In 1507 it became a fiefdom of Consalvo de Cordova, then belonged to the Como, Galeota, Brayda, Miroballo and in 1646, to the Capobianco family from Benevento. Laura Ciaccio Cosentina, widow of Capobianco, bought the marquisdom of Carife, and her descendants owned it until 1810.

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Info

Altitude: 740 m a.s.l hilly * Population: ca. 1900 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 83040 -- Phone Area Code: 0827 * How to reach it: Autostrada Napoli - Bari, exit Vallata, then 12 km * Frazioni & Localities: Ariacchino, Fiiumara, Serra di Fusco

What to see

Palazzo Marchesale, built after the earthquake of 1732, with an interesting portal and coat of arms. It was the residence of Marquis Capobianco.
Church of Purgatory, an ancient church, seriously damaged by the 1980 earthquake.
Convent of Saint Francis, built in 1749 in Fossi, today only the church can be visited
Chiesa Collegiata of San Giovanni Battista - It was built after the 1732 earthquake. The neoclassic façade in the Romanesque style is decorated by a baroque portal. Inside there are the relics of the Holy Wood Cross, a gift of the King of Spain to the Capobianco family and the polyptic of Madonna del Rosario by Andrea Sabatini.

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