Torella’s Castle, which stands on a hill at 667 m above sea level, takes its name from the last family that owned it, the principles Ruspoli of Candriano. For your strategic location has been inhabited since the Middle Ages by a first agglomerate he went accrescendosi increasingly. Following the inhabitants of Girifalco they began to flow towards the nearby castle of Torella, because fortified and therefore safer. The first construction dates back to 850 A.D. when the Lombards built a wooden fort was later destroyed by the weather as a result of the Principality of Benevento division. In Norman times it was built on a sandstone bench, a stone tower (donjon), cylindrical opus cementicium within curtains of limestone blocks, and random length, according to the Roman tradition technique. The earthquake the castle suffered extensive damage, however, resisted the walls, while remaining in jeopardy because of the collapse of the roofs and upper floors. In 1993-1997 he has been affected by the renovation works that have respected the original structure; archaeologist Marcello Rotili directed archaeological research by publishing the book “Post classical archeology in Torella dei Lombardi research in the castle Candriano (1993-1997)” of the ‘investigation report.
