Moricone. Savelli Castle and Palace

In the highest part of Mount Morrecone, in the tenth century they began to build fortifications that by around 1200 had already taken the form of a castle then bought by the Savelli family.

The Savelli family ruled all this greater area until 1600 when, because of a financial crisis, sold it to the Prince Marco Antonio Borghese (1611).

The prince gave the castle of Moricone for use by Sister Dove Serantoni (1701-1781), founder of the "Oblates of St. Clare" who lived here and set up a boarding school for young girls.

Today, the municipal part is home to the library and the Historical Archive of Moricone.


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Benedicta Lee

Born in Rome from an Italian mother and American father, she works as a freelance communications manager and designer in the tourism sector, a career and interest which she is pursuing with a...

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