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The Castle of Castellabate

The Castle of Abate was built in 1123 for want of St Costabile Gentilcore, the fourth abbot of the Abbey of Cava de’ Tirreni. The village extended around it and took its own name: Castrum Abbatis, Castello dell’Abate or Castellabate. Little by little, Castellabate became the richest barony of the whole Cilento region, and the castle a valid garrison for the populations around.

Nowadays the castle is still in great conditions and overlooks the shores of the Cilento National Park.

A bit of history…

1123, 10th October started the works to build up the castle and the village around. These lands were previously occupied by the Lombards, the Normans, the Basilian monks (refugees from the East). The Lombards, devoted to St Michele Arcangelo after the Christian conversion, gave the name to the hill that later housed the castle. Under the Norman rule, the Benedictine monks of Cava de’ Tirreni reclaimed the area, and built a fortress to defend to population from the Saracens, which departed from Agropoli to sack the villages around.
1138, Beato Simeone, the fifth abbot of Cava de’ Tirreni, once finished both the castle and the port to favour commercial trades, gave houses, lands and tax reduction to all his subjects. Thanks to the castle – safe shelter for the locals – and the development of trades and commerce, Castellabate became richer and richer.
1835, the ancient baronial palace was sold to a private citizen. The Benedictines moved away after seven hundreds years.
1848, important centre of the Carbonarist movement, lots of patriots of the Risorgimento (uprising that led to Italy's unification) departed from Castellabate.

The castle currently is a private property and mostly visitable just from outside, even though, many times a year it is open to house art exhibitions.

Address: Via Castello, Castellabate.
Ph. +39 097 496 2311.

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