Battipaglia Castle, Battipaglia, Italy

Battipaglia Castle is an impressive and beautiful Norman castle, in southwestern Italy. The castle is dominated by its wooded hill above the eponymous Italian city, which is in the province of Salerno, Campania region.

Officially the city existsted by decree on March 28th, 1929, but the area was already selected by Borbуn for its agricultural colony. Castle Battipaglia is located about 75 miles south of Naples in the area known as Piana del Sele. Battipaglia stands west of the Tusciano River and the beach is just at hand.

The village of Battipaglia is famous for its Mozzarella cheese (Mozzarella di Bufala) which has a very crisp and fresh taste, made locally in the few dairies of the area. Battipaglia offers its visitors exceptional conditions for cultural and historical tourism.

The biggest attraction is the medieval castle town of Battipaglia which overlooks the entire city from its highest hill. Furthermore Battipaglia Castle has many more archaeological sites that are worth visiting.

This castle, which locals know as Castelluccio, possesses the typical Norman architecture. It is believed that the fortress was erected on this spot in the 12th century. Its location is not chosen arbitrarily, but it is most convenient for the protection of the population - not only from enemy attacks, but also from the rising Tuschiano river. Today, within the castle you can see the many beautiful murals that have been preserved.

Besides the castle near Battipagnia you can see several other archaeological sites. It was here that over a hundred tombs were discovered, which date from the seventh to the sixth century BC.

There are several other ancient tombs and a Roman villa, which are now buried in ruins and known there under the name of San Giovanni. In this region coins were found minted around 211 BC.

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Francesco Pierro (12 months ago)
Majestic castle overlooking Battipaglia, located on a hill at 135m above sea level, with a beautiful view and a restored fairy-tale castle.

Domenico Purpura (2 years ago)
The Castle is private and cannot be visited. Too bad ... from the outside it is very beautiful!

Mary Mary (2 years ago)
Really very nice and bigger than I thought. You can also go up on foot and then take a nice walk along a path of olive trees

Зоя Зименкова - Еспозито (4 years ago)
A good place, but a little abandoned, or maybe still unfinished, a little bit to bring to mind and everything will be fine. The castle is pretty.

WM (7 years ago)
Disappointed because it wasn't open top the public, but plans to be open in 2019. Beautiful view from parking area.

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