Castello di Caudino

Caudino is one of the fortified villages of Arcevia, with a medieval gate, limestone houses and an eighteenth-century church.

Why it matters

Founded as a frontier outpost of medieval Rocca Contrada, Caudino guarded the countryside toward Pergola. Its compact plan preserves the relationship between village, fortification and surrounding hills.

What to notice

A round-arched portal and a bell tower mark the fortified settlement. The Church of Santo Stefano was altered in the eighteenth century and contains a sixteenth-century fresco of the Madonna di Loreto.

Context and history

The first written evidence for Caudino dates to 1338. It was one of the later fortified villages established by Rocca Contrada on the slopes of Monte Caudino. The fortifications were maintained into the early fifteenth century, after which the village developed as a rural settlement.