Sant Angelo a Fasanella

The history of Sant’Angelo a Fasanella starts in the Middle Ages. The toponym Fasanella, derives from "Phasis", an ancient Greek city and the name of a river. In 1246 the village was destroyed by Frederick II of Swabia who, for revenge, devastated all the territories of the participants in the Capaccio conspiracy, including proponents of the brothers Pandolfo and Riccardo Fasanella. The new nucleus settled, then, in a position better defensible and not subject to the flooding of the river, but above all, in a place suitable for a more rapid connection with the nearby centers, where the call of the cave dedicated to the Arcangelo Michele, where she was absorbed and the abbey was being enlarged. Under Carlo D'Angiò, the Barony of Fasanella was returned to Pandolfo; it was then of the Sanseverino until the beginning of the 500, then of the Caracciolo and, in the XVII century, of the Capece-Galeota.
Sant 'Angelo, today, is an extraordinary oasis of greenery, characterized by the healthy air of its many beech woods, such as that of "Terra Forte", "Vallone dei lupi" and that of "Coste della Pinna".
A fascinating spectacle is offered by the "Cascata Auso", whose water blocked and conveyed, in ancient times, for the functioning of a mill, makes a jump of about eight meters, thunderous and bubbly.

The history of Sant’Angelo a Fasanella starts in the Middle Ages. The toponym Fasanella, derives from "Phasis", an ancient Greek city and the name of a river. In 1246 the village was destroyed by Frederick II of Swabia who, for revenge, devastated all the territories of the participants in the Capaccio conspiracy, including proponents of the brothers Pandolfo and Riccardo Fasanella. The new nucleus settled, then, in a position better defensible and not subject to the flooding of the river, but above all, in a place suitable for a more rapid connection with the nearby centers, where the call of the cave dedicated to the Arcangelo Michele, where she was absorbed and the abbey was being enlarged. Under Carlo D'Angiò, the Barony of Fasanella was returned to Pandolfo; it was then of the Sanseverino until the beginning of the 500, then of the Caracciolo and, in the XVII century, of the Capece-Galeota.
Sant 'Angelo, today, is an extraordinary oasis of greenery, characterized by the healthy air of its many beech woods, such as that of "Terra Forte", "Vallone dei lupi" and that of "Coste della Pinna".
A fascinating spectacle is offered by the "Cascata Auso", whose water blocked and conveyed, in ancient times, for the functioning of a mill, makes a jump of about eight meters, thunderous and bubbly.