Review of Castello Di Caccuri Suites 1*

Going along the 107 State road that connects the Tirreno with the Ionian Sea from Paola to Crotone, through the Sila and the Valle del Neto, passed San Giovanni in Fiore begins the descent to the sea. At about 650 meters above sea level, Caccuri rises, an ancient medieval village grown around the magnificent castle built on a cliff above and "observes" as a lookout the Marquisate, from the mountains to the sea. The old town is one of the most intact and less compromised among those of the district. The urban fabric, in fact, preserves intact the characteristics of the old centre constituted by an interweaving of streets and alleys that all flow to the castle. The origins of the settlement remain uncertain: some sources pass on the existence of populations since the Neolithic age, others refer to the Roman age, finally to the Byzantine period to which the first building of the castle is traced as Defensive garrison guarding the valley of the Neto. Over the centuries the "castrum" underwent important transformations and from the fifteenth century onwards was the scene of a series of feudal passages, hosting the members of the most prestigious and powerful families of the time. … In 1418 the castle is included among the legacy of Count Carlo Ruffo of Montalto to his daughter Polissena who marries the young Francesco Sforza, son just seventeen of Muzio. It is precisely by virtue of this marriage that the Caccurese Cicco Simonetta follows Francesco in Milan, until he becomes Secretary of these and able and enlightened administrator of the Grand Duchy, in addition to the powerful and fine weaver of the Milanese politics of 400. In the sixteenth century begins for Caccuri a period of rapid transfers under the successive domination of the families Spinelli, Sersale and Cimino, until 1651 when the feud came to the Cavalcanti who kept it until the eversion of feudality.