ENGLISH VERSION

Pietramelara was founded by the Longobard Princes Landolfo And Adenolfo, but ruins dating to the 11th and 10th centuries BC have been found.

Pietramelara was part of the lands of the Abbey of Montecassino in the first half of the Middle age.  It subsequently passed to the feudal Lord of Roccaromana in the 14th century.  It then passed to the court at the death of Filippo de Roccaromana. The lands were fragmented and  Pietramelara was given to Eduardo Colonna and then to Federico Monforte. They embellished the castle transforming it in an elegant palace.

St. Rocco Church
Built on a 1308 chapel dedicated to St. Leonardo, it dates to the 16th century.  

St. Pasquale Monastery

On March 13, 1496, after fifteen days of siege by the Aragonesi took the town.  Two thirds of the inhabitants were killed and the survived were sold like slaves. The victories gave freedom to only seven families who rebuilt the town upon its ruins.  After a little time Pietramelara was an Università with own statutes and important feudal powers.

The town is located 15 km from the A1 highway, at the tollgate of Caianello and 6,5 km from the state route Casilina (fork of Riardo-Pietramelara).

The nearest railroad station is Riardo-Pietramelara on the Roma-Napoli line via Cassino with connections to Caserta, Cassino and to Campobasso.

It also possible to get there by public bus lines on the Casilina line, with connections to Caserta, Napoli and to Piedimonte Matese