From the Cutting Room Floor 2018-121
It is only after the year one thousand, in the period of Federiciana influence, that one can speak of a real "Terra Cancellariae", and from this period the imposing medieval castle dominates the village and the ancient village, which they have preserved almost intact the architectural and urban characteristics, constituting today one of the most spectacular artistic and cultural attractions of the country.
The Friars Minor of the Convent of the Annunziata, during the eighteenth century, contributed to the cultural and spiritual growth of Cancellara, and it is from this period the urban expansion and the construction of the numerous noble palaces. The community was visited by many travelers who found air salutifera, tasty cuisine and especially the prized salami, renowned and still required today and whose tradition is renewed annually on February 3 with the "Sagra del salame", on the occasion of the feast of Biagio.
Between 1647 and 1648, like other Lucanian towns, it was involved in popular movements against Spanish fiscalism organized by Neapolitan bourgeoisie characters who used Masaniello (Tommaso Aniello, 1620-1647) to obtain the support of the Neapolitan populace. In 1694 it suffered a severe earthquake that seriously damaged the castle.
The eighteenth century was the century of major demographic and urban expansion, and of extraordinary cultural growth aroused by the Franciscans. In 1799 it adhered to the ideals of the Partenopean Republic; and in the nineteenth century it was the seat of activities connected to the pre-Risorgimento coalmine. 1857 suffered a new disastrous earthquake that caused deaths and ruins. Equally destructive was, after 123 years, the most recent earthquake of 1980 that ruined the sixteenth-century Mother Church, made accessible at the end of the twentieth century.
Today, Cancellara, with its attractive alleys and narrow streets, its woods and its quiet life is an excellent destination to spend a weekend with the taste of other times.
From the Cutting Room Floor 2018-121
It is only after the year one thousand, in the period of Federiciana influence, that one can speak of a real "Terra Cancellariae", and from this period the imposing medieval castle dominates the village and the ancient village, which they have preserved almost intact the architectural and urban characteristics, constituting today one of the most spectacular artistic and cultural attractions of the country.
The Friars Minor of the Convent of the Annunziata, during the eighteenth century, contributed to the cultural and spiritual growth of Cancellara, and it is from this period the urban expansion and the construction of the numerous noble palaces. The community was visited by many travelers who found air salutifera, tasty cuisine and especially the prized salami, renowned and still required today and whose tradition is renewed annually on February 3 with the "Sagra del salame", on the occasion of the feast of Biagio.
Between 1647 and 1648, like other Lucanian towns, it was involved in popular movements against Spanish fiscalism organized by Neapolitan bourgeoisie characters who used Masaniello (Tommaso Aniello, 1620-1647) to obtain the support of the Neapolitan populace. In 1694 it suffered a severe earthquake that seriously damaged the castle.
The eighteenth century was the century of major demographic and urban expansion, and of extraordinary cultural growth aroused by the Franciscans. In 1799 it adhered to the ideals of the Partenopean Republic; and in the nineteenth century it was the seat of activities connected to the pre-Risorgimento coalmine. 1857 suffered a new disastrous earthquake that caused deaths and ruins. Equally destructive was, after 123 years, the most recent earthquake of 1980 that ruined the sixteenth-century Mother Church, made accessible at the end of the twentieth century.
Today, Cancellara, with its attractive alleys and narrow streets, its woods and its quiet life is an excellent destination to spend a weekend with the taste of other times.