Casaletto Spartano

Located on a small plateau, surrounded by the woods that extend at the foot of Monte Vallicorvo, Casaletto Spartano is located at 400 m above sea level.
The first settlement dates back to the year one thousand, in the hamlet of Spartoso, nowadays belonging to the town, where the ruins of an old tenement can still be visited. It is said that the village was then abandoned due to a massive invasion of ants; the thesis of the scarcity of water or of the violent earthquakes that shook southern Italy seems, however, more logical.
Various hypotheses have been made concerning the origin of the name: some historians refer it to the primitive settlement, others instead think that the name derives from the "sparto", a plant widespread in the area and that, in the fifties, was used to make baskets and ropes.
At the end of the 14th century Casaletto, following the fate of the Tortorella fiefdom of which it was a part, became the property of the Conti Sanseverino family.
In 1562 the Casali of Casaletto and Battaglia were purchased by the Baroni Gallotti family and remained under the baronial dominion until 1810, after which they were merged into a single municipality with headquarters in Casaletto Spartano, where the town hall was established, while Battaglia assumed the role of fraction. The territory, whose nature is predominantly silvo-pastoral and with an economy mainly based on agricultural-livestock activities is surely whorth a visit, both for the enchanting nature that surrounds it and for the typically rural atmosphere that preserves its authentic genuineness.

Located on a small plateau, surrounded by the woods that extend at the foot of Monte Vallicorvo, Casaletto Spartano is located at 400 m above sea level.
The first settlement dates back to the year one thousand, in the hamlet of Spartoso, nowadays belonging to the town, where the ruins of an old tenement can still be visited. It is said that the village was then abandoned due to a massive invasion of ants; the thesis of the scarcity of water or of the violent earthquakes that shook southern Italy seems, however, more logical.
Various hypotheses have been made concerning the origin of the name: some historians refer it to the primitive settlement, others instead think that the name derives from the "sparto", a plant widespread in the area and that, in the fifties, was used to make baskets and ropes.
At the end of the 14th century Casaletto, following the fate of the Tortorella fiefdom of which it was a part, became the property of the Conti Sanseverino family.
In 1562 the Casali of Casaletto and Battaglia were purchased by the Baroni Gallotti family and remained under the baronial dominion until 1810, after which they were merged into a single municipality with headquarters in Casaletto Spartano, where the town hall was established, while Battaglia assumed the role of fraction. The territory, whose nature is predominantly silvo-pastoral and with an economy mainly based on agricultural-livestock activities is surely whorth a visit, both for the enchanting nature that surrounds it and for the typically rural atmosphere that preserves its authentic genuineness.