Castelluccio Valmaggiore is a town and ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' in the
province of Foggia
The Province of Foggia ( it, Provincia di Foggia ; Foggiano: ) is a province in the Apulia (Puglia) region of southern Italy.
This province is also known as Daunia, after the Daunians, an Iapygian pre-Roman tribe living in Tavoliere plain, and ...
in the
Apulia
it, Pugliese
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region of southeast
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
.
It takes its name from the castle built here by the
Byzantines around 1000 AD (''Castrum Vallis Maiors''), as the fortification commanded the valley of the
Celone river. Of the castle only a high polygonal tower remains today.
References
Cities and towns in Apulia
Castles in Italy
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