Borgo di Teggiano
Teggiano (SA)
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The story
Perched over the Vallo di Diano, the borgo (old village) keeps a castle and a tangle of churches and alleys that come back to life each late summer in a medieval banquet.
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- History & archaeology
Teggiano
Teggiano
A medieval borgo (old village) perched above the Vallo di Diano, a maze of alleys and churches, with the Castello Macchiaroli still guarding the memory of the barons' conspiracy.
- Castles
Castello di Teggiano
Teggiano (SA)
Overlooking the Vallo di Diano, the borgo (old village) of Teggiano keeps its walls, bell towers and the Sanseverino castle, stage in the fifteenth century of the barons' conspiracy against the king of Naples.
- Castles
Castello Macchiaroli
Teggiano (SA)
At Teggiano the Sanseverino castle, now Macchiaroli, withstood the Aragonese siege during the barons' conspiracy, still dominating the Vallo di Diano.
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