THE CASTLE OF AVELLINO, OF THE LOMBARD PERIOD, WAS ERECTED BETWEEN 884 AND 896 BY GASTALDO ADALFIERO I AND WAS THE HOME OF THE FEUDAL LORDS WHO IN LATER TIMES RULED THE CITY. LOCATED IN THE HOMONYMOUS SQUARE AND SURROUNDED BY THE RIVERS FENESTRELLE AND RIO SAN FRANCESCO, UNLIKE MOST CASTLES, IT STANDS AT THE LOWEST POINT OF THE CITY. OVER THE CENTURIES THE FORTIFICATION HAS UNDERGONE NUMEROUS SIEGES AND HAS GIVEN HOSPITALITY TO VARIOUS ILLUSTRIOUS FIGURES INCLUDING THE EMPERORS LOTARIO AND HENRY VI. IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY THE BUILDING WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A PALACE AND BECAME THE HOME OF THE PRINCES CARACCIOLO, IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY THE MARINE PRINCE II CARACCIOLO ESTABLISHED INSIDE THE CASTLE THE ACADEMY OF THE PAGLIOSI, STILL EXISTING TODAY. THE CASTLE WAS DEMOLISHED IN THE EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DURING THE WAR OF SPANISH SUCCESSION. THE CASTLE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF RESTORATION WORK THAT HAS BROUGHT TO LIGHT THE ROOM ON WHICH WE INTERVENE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PICS IN ORDER TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH ESPO