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Caccuri

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

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Every lane in Caccuri's old centre winds up to the castle, whose single surviving tower, the Torre Mastrigli, is the town's emblem. The village sits on a rocky spur among olive groves, its steep streets opening onto small squares called rughe, where the house doors face each other. Caccuri was the birthplace of the Renaissance statesman Cicco Simonetta.

Highlights

  • The castle and Torre Mastrigli, with a park of oddly shaped limestone rocks below
  • Chiesa Madre di Santa Maria delle Grazie, whose bell tower holds a 1578 bell
  • Badia di Santa Maria del Soccorso, founded by a Dominican friar in 1518
  • The 19th-century Canalaci fountain at the entrance to the village

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Population: 1,538

Nearby member villages

  1. Santa Severina · 15 km
  2. Aiello Calabro · 55 km
  3. Fiumefreddo Bruzio · 62 km
  4. Trebisacce · 74 km
  5. Altomonte · 76 km

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