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Rocca Cilento is first mentioned in a document dated 1110 which shows the decision to William I Sanseverino to move the seat of the Barony of Cilento from the fortified center (the mythical, and perhaps never existed, Cilenti, or Castellum Cilenti , Rebuilding of Margate, the ancient capital of Lucani) placed on top of the Monte della Stella Hill Fortress.
Previous news of the village, however, appear in documents (cited by Ebner) dating back to 963 and 994.
In any case Rocca Cilento, before the assignment to Sanseverino had already established a county Actus and Lombard.
Due to its geographical position, at the "way of Laureana" with the "street of St. Archangel", soon became the most important among neighboring villages.

Rocca was also home to the important dell'Arcipresbiterato diocesan office.
I lived there Sanseverino impart justice and making important administrative acts.
Just as administrative headquarters - military Barony, Rocca also closely followed the events of this feud, which Sanseverino of the branch of Marsico and recover lost several times, but that substantial degree of control for over four and a half centuries, until the mid-sixteenth century ( 1552).
Since then, Rocca will follow the events in other countries cilentana passing hand to several families of feudal lords, cocludendosi the series with the families of Granite Garofalo and Belmonte.
It 'interesting bring Piero Cantalupo writes:
"On 16 April 1672 in Cilento, that is a fortress, it was a unique, one of Preti Cilento, whose sole purpose was to provide at the time of death a proper funeral service to associates. The particular of value is given by the witness of the deep-seated feelings of the inhabitants of the various centers Cilento, once included in the Barony, still belong to a common and unified political body, which, as heritage of the same race calendar, described what, in short Could define Latin nation. "
Rocca was aggregated to the municipality of Lustra in 1861.

Castle Rock has a unique historical and architectural translation into stone and stratification of about a thousand years of history.
Documents oldest, in fact, speak of Castellum Cilenti, built by the Lombards a garrison dell'actus since 963.
The natural site is on a path to the ridge that comes from the summit of Mount Stella at the place where branches off south to the valley dell'Alento and north towards the valley of testen. Where the ridge is a gap slargo contains high ground, which is probably fortified since Lombard times.
In the last quarter of century XI occurred the phenomenon that is called the incastellamento and that was effectively a reorganization of the territory which can be found in Christian Spain, as in North Rhine or in Italian, is also found in Southern particularly during the transition from power to Lombard Norman, receiving a boost even when the rise of new statehood.
On the historical castle of Rocca Giuseppe Cilento informs us Anzani, who says Castle Rock Cilento was probably at the end of the ninth century, when the Lombard Gastaldo of Lucania began to form counties and lordships, given to members of vassalage Salerno dynasty.
The earliest written to the castle dates back to acts Cavens confining made of mud around.
The castle comes into possession of the family Sanseverino to the end of the century and remain their property, while between various events until 1552.
Anzani says that the current fortifications dating to the period Angevin, even if major structural changes mainly in the north are the Aragonese period and coinciding with the spread of gunpowder.
After 1552 the castle passes through many hands that will leave traces transforming depending on the needs of the moment (lowering of the towers, opening windows, stucco interiors, etc.).
The castle was used for defensive purposes during the motions Jacobins of 1799.

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