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the Forte La Carnale

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The "Forte la Carnale" is part of a defense system, consisting of towers, built, starting in 1563, to defend the city from Saracen raids.
Some historians are derived its name from a massacre of Saracens occurred in 872 around the promontory on which stands the strong.
The project originally carnal directly on the sea, the strong was reduced following the completion of Highway 18.

The presence of irons in the walls and its position relative to the city suggest that the carnal belonged to the type of so-called Towers horse, because it housed men on horseback who warned the population in case of attack from the sea.
Around half of 1600 the tower was used by Hippolytus by Pastena as a command antispagnola a revolt against the landing of French troops, thus saving the Salerno capitulation.
During the last war was the strong coastal batteries fitted with traces still exist in the terraces.

Today the Strong performances and hosts important cultural events, art.

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