Castle of Gesualdo

About

The first records of the Castle of Gesualdo date to Norman rule in the 12th century.

The castle was severely damaged in the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. Restoration work has not been completed yet, but the castle has been partially open to the public since 2015.

- Castle of Gesualdo, founded by Lombards in the 7th century, enlarged in the 15th. It was transformed by Carlo Gesualdo in the 16th and by the Cacceses in the 19th.

- Chiesa Madre di San Nicola (Saint Nicholas Mother Church, 12th century)

- Chiesa del Santissimo Rosario (Most Holy Rosary Church, 17th century)

- Chiesa di Maria Santissima Addolorata (Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 17th century)

- Capuchin convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, founded in the 16th century and enlarged in the 17th

- Church of Santa Maria della Pietà (17th century)

- Carnevale Gesualdino (Gesualdo Carnival), a parade of paperboard wagons and masked groups, held in the Carnival period

- Volo dell'Angelo (Flight of the Angel), the secular tradition that sees a child, dressed as an angel, tied to a rope, acrossing a square at a height of more than 20 metres (66 ft); last Sunday of August.