Prignano Cilento

There are no elements that allow us to establish whether this part of the Lucanian district was already one the lands that Ruggiero Borsa (1085-111), son of Roberto il Guiscardo, gave to the Sanseverino family. The documents received so far report, as the first representative of this family, a certain Guglielmo di Prignano, cited as a guarantor in a donation of 1185. Prignano was lost initially by the Sanseverinos, along with the other possessions of the Barony of Cilento, following the Conspiracy of Capaccio (1246) but, then, it was returned to them with all the other feuds by Charles I of Anjou. Among the various feuds included, in addition to Prignano, also the neighboring village of Pugliesi, both given in sub-feud to the Prignano family, which, at the beginning of the fifteenth century, also obtained the fiefs of Vatolla and Pagliara under concession from the Sanseverinos.
From 1548 onwards there were a succession of sales, repurchases and donations that involved the three villages. In 1701 the Marquis Cardone dominated the three feudal entities until the feudal system was overthrown (1806).

There are no elements that allow us to establish whether this part of the Lucanian district was already one the lands that Ruggiero Borsa (1085-111), son of Roberto il Guiscardo, gave to the Sanseverino family. The documents received so far report, as the first representative of this family, a certain Guglielmo di Prignano, cited as a guarantor in a donation of 1185. Prignano was lost initially by the Sanseverinos, along with the other possessions of the Barony of Cilento, following the Conspiracy of Capaccio (1246) but, then, it was returned to them with all the other feuds by Charles I of Anjou. Among the various feuds included, in addition to Prignano, also the neighboring village of Pugliesi, both given in sub-feud to the Prignano family, which, at the beginning of the fifteenth century, also obtained the fiefs of Vatolla and Pagliara under concession from the Sanseverinos.
From 1548 onwards there were a succession of sales, repurchases and donations that involved the three villages. In 1701 the Marquis Cardone dominated the three feudal entities until the feudal system was overthrown (1806).