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Photos of and Around the Ceremony Areas at The Castle
Mariam & Colin at The Foot of The Castle with The Bay & The Coast of The Amalfi as Backdrop A Bridal Walk By The Castle Walls The castle at the top of the hill The Basilica Just Outside of Castle A View of The Ancient Fishing Port of San Marco
Mariam & Colin at The Foot of The Castle with The Bay & The Coast of The Amalfi as Backdrop
A Brief History of
The Castle
1123
- October 10th, the castle construction began on the initiative of
Costabile Gentilcore’s (the fourth abbot of Badia di Cava dei Tirreni
monastery). The village is extended around it. Previously, these lands
experienced the presence of the Longobards and Normans, and the presence
of Basilan monks, refugees from east. The Longobards, devoted to
Archangel San Michele, after converting it to Christianity named the
hill, where the castle was later built. Under the Norman’s occupancy,
the Benedictine monks reclaimed the lands, and earned the privilege to
build a fortress to defend the population from Saracens that from
Agripoli, where they settled, set off for their invasions.
1138 - Beato Simeone, the fifth abbot of
Badia di Cava dei Tirreni monastery, after completing the fortress
following the death of Costabile Gentilcore in 1124 and after the port
for trading purposes was built, donated to his citizens a certification
conceding them large privileges such as: houses, lands and tax
reduction. Thanks to the castle, that became a safe refuge for
inhabitants of that area and to the trade and commercial development,
Castellabate became the richest baronial land of Cilento.
1835 - the old baron palace was sold to a private
owner: that is how, after 700 years, the Benedictine presence in the
castle, ends.
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