History

Roccagloriosa is a town rich in historical testimonies that have marked deeply it existence. Here they have come to the light the rests of the city of Fistelia (the Romans' Orbitania), the only archaeological testimony till now of a stable installation osco-lucano (sec V a.C.). the boundaries can be admired of surrounded and well 22 graves. In these last ones gold necklaces, coins and become vases were recovered the heart of a local museum. The actual center lived of Roccagloriosa is perched on a hill and it makes crown to the ruins of the castle that, according to an accredited tradition, it goes up again AD to the VI century, built by Narsete during the Gothic-Byzantine war. The castle suffered various remaking in longobarda and Norman epoch. On the East side of the hill, to the feet of the rock said "of the Armo", the district of Rocchetta that represents the most ancient nucleus of the inhabited center and it is of completely different ethnic log rises; such difference he also finds in the dialect.