Top 7 Castles around Striano

Beautiful tour with breathtaking views

The Palazzo Mediceo is a historic structure built in the Lombard era before the year 1000 in Ottaviano, a municipality in the province of Naples, and later belonged to a branch of the Florentine Medici family. In the second half of the 20th century it ended up in the hands of the Camorra, and was then returned to the city of Ottaviano in 1995. From the garden you can enjoy a beautiful view of the nearby Parish of San Michele Arcangelo. From November to April it is open from Thursday to Sunday from 10 am to 1 pm and from 2 pm to 5 pm. From May to October it is open from Monday to Friday from 10 am to 1 pm and from 4 pm to 8 pm. On Saturday and Sunday instead from 11 am to 2 pm and from 4 pm to 8 pm. During this period it hosts beautiful Christmas markets in the evening, with shows and various related initiatives.

A beautiful, high-lying castle with a charming park all around. The administration of the Vesuvio National Park is located in the gatehouse at the entrance.

The castle has an ancient and troubled history, about 1300 years long. In the 6th century the Longobards, coming from Benevento, settled in the area and less than a century later the castle was built, of which today only a few run-down ruins remain. As per practice in the Middle Ages, the first inhabited nucleus developed around the fortress, what is now known as Borgo San Matteo. In the following centuries the castle hosted King Manfredi of Swabia several times, who was buried there together with his son after having lost his life during the battle of Tagliacozzo. Later the castle passed into the hands of the Angevins and the County of Sarno ended up under the control of the Kingdom of Naples. In the 15th century, before passing to the Aragonese, the castle was occupied by the Orsini family, to whom we owe the building of the Bear Tower, still visible today. In these years the castle was the scene of the famous conspiracy of the barons and the Torre dell'Orso proved to be decisive for the fate of the battle of Sarno. The history of the Sarno fortress ends in the 17th century: in 1647 it was destroyed during the repressive actions against the revolts triggered by Masaniello. Also for this reason today the fortress is a set of almost unrecognizable ruins, which emerge scattered here and there in the mountain vegetation, where the central body of the castle is more intact and still viable, albeit with great attention and effort.

Remains of the Castle to be reached only on foot

The first nucleus of the village that arose in the current municipality of Roccapiemonte was originally born in the immediate vicinity of the walls of the "Rocca di San Quirico" whose ruins are still present today. The fortress was built by the will of the Lombard prince Guaimario IV of Salerno in the year 1042 on Mount Solano with the primary purpose of defending the surrounding valleys from the Saracens who in that period continuously plundered southern Italy. Of the fortress of San Quirico currently only a few ruins remain, among which we can clearly see both the triple walls and the two gates together with the cylindrical lookout tower. The current situation of the old fortress was determined not only by continuous earthquakes including those of December of the years 1631 and 1857, but also by some allied bombings that occurred during the Second World War.

Easy and panoramic single track.

The Castello village, the original nucleus of the Palmese community that developed on the top of the homonymous hill overlooking the town, https://www.buonapalmacampania.it/borgo-castello/