Roccagloriosa

Roccagloriosa has very ancient origins: traces of human presence dating back to the middle Bronze Age have recently been found
On its territory there have been settlements of populations such as the Osci, the Morgeti and the Enotri, but the most important was certainly the Lucanian settlement (V-IV century BC). The populations of these cities had commercial contacts with the Tyrrhenian coast and with Taranto, as documented by the remains of vases and the tarantina gold kit found in the tomb of a rich young girl.
A vast necropolis, which came to light in the locality of La Scala, allowed scholars to carry out an in-depth study of Lucanian uses, while the town provided information on the construction of houses around a courtyard.
After 500 AD some Bulgarian soldiers settled in the area and, together with the local inhabitants, gave birth to two centers: Celle di Bulgheria and Acquavena. Between the 8th and 9th centuries the town was violently raided by the Saracens.
Later the small fiefdom was subject to the dominion of the Sanseverino, then of the Carafas, the Capeces and, finally, the D’Afflittos, noble and aristocratic families their splendid noble palaces.

Roccagloriosa has very ancient origins: traces of human presence dating back to the middle Bronze Age have recently been found
On its territory there have been settlements of populations such as the Osci, the Morgeti and the Enotri, but the most important was certainly the Lucanian settlement (V-IV century BC). The populations of these cities had commercial contacts with the Tyrrhenian coast and with Taranto, as documented by the remains of vases and the tarantina gold kit found in the tomb of a rich young girl.
A vast necropolis, which came to light in the locality of La Scala, allowed scholars to carry out an in-depth study of Lucanian uses, while the town provided information on the construction of houses around a courtyard.
After 500 AD some Bulgarian soldiers settled in the area and, together with the local inhabitants, gave birth to two centers: Celle di Bulgheria and Acquavena. Between the 8th and 9th centuries the town was violently raided by the Saracens.
Later the small fiefdom was subject to the dominion of the Sanseverino, then of the Carafas, the Capeces and, finally, the D’Afflittos, noble and aristocratic families their splendid noble palaces.