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astel di Ieri was probably a pagus of the Peligni
Superequani as various finds and remains of the S.Pio district suggest: the ruined walls
in the area of Contrada Cesarino; the traces of aqueducts in the districts of Frascate and
Alvanito; the remains of a public building; two fragments of brick with seal in the area
of Cese Piane; concrete walls and floors in the area of S. Nicola; an irregular limestone
block with a proto-sabellic inscription and a mosaic floor in the district of S. Rocco; a
construction with double enclosure made of large polygonal blocks (a fortified centre)
with fragments of large tiles and doli ceramic fragments mentioned by De Nino as bucchero
italico on the peaks named Rave Fracide, Ara della Serra, Rava del Barile and Piede
Mozzo.
In addition, there are several rupestrian inscriptions found by De Nino
in the Costa district. In the year 1987 in the area of Piedi Franci a roman temple of
republican age was found. It has four faces with a magnificent stairway, a part of the
pronaos, several column bases, many elements of its samnite-style modelled podium and
the
ark of some cells with mosaics and inscriptions.
Recently another archeological dig adjacent to the first, has pointed
out another temple probably dating back to IV-III century B.C.
In 970, as the Chronicron Casauriense infers, the aristocratic Lupo de
Ildegeri, Acto, one of his four sons and Albert, one of his three Luponi grand-children
lived in Valle Superequana under the title of ‘ iudex et notaris valvensis’.
In 1112 in the seal of Pasquale II the Church of S.Pio in Castelli
Ildegeri is mentioned.
In 1150 the land was taken over by the Normans.
In 1183 in the seal of Lucio III, the following churches were
mentioned: S.Maria;
S. Salvatore; S.Barbato; S. Panfilo; S. Gregorio; S.Massimo; S. Giusta;
S.Silvestro and S.Maria in Pietro Bona.
In 1273, Castel di Ieri becomes part of Abruzzo Ulteriore.
In 1316, in the new assessment, under order of King Robert, Riccardo of
Castel d’Ilderio is taxed for the sixthpart of Castello d’Ilderio.
1439
finds the famous Commander Giovanni Simonetto of Castel di Ieri at the service of Eugenio
IV with 600 horses. In the war between Ferdinando d’Aragona and Duke Giovanni
d’Anjou went to save the former with a strong formation of horses and moors and
combatted in the Battle of Sarno.
In 1463, Castel di Ieri belongs to the Piccolomini. feudo
In 1484, Because it belongs to the County of Celano, it
continues to be part of the property of Prince Antonio d’Aragona Piccolomini.
In 1496 the city of L’Aquila tries in vain to liberate the castle
from the "feudal yoke" and to make it part of the free country of the Aquila area.
In 1505 after the death of Antonio Piccolomini, Costanza d’Aragona
Piccolomini, the Duchess of Amalfi takes over his feudal possessions.
In 1527, during the time of Carlo V, Castel di Ieri is listed in the
countryside of Celano as the land of 144 fires.
In 1555 the Church of Santa Maria Assunta is built.
In 1633 the Prince of Gallicano, Pompeo Colonna is the owner of Castel
di Ieri.
In 1656 Captain Domenico de Santis is feudatory of the locality.
In 1661 Castel di Ieri passes over from the Prince of Gallicano to
being royal property.
In 1662 Maffeo Barberini, Prince of Palestrina buys the estate of
Tornimparte from King Philip III, which comprises, among others, the town of Castel di
Ieri, which had been previously assigned to the Royal Court following disobedience, and
then, at the death of its possessor, it was passed on to Pompeo Colonna.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CHRONICON CASAURIENSE, ristampa del codice di Parigi, Teramo 1982
DE NINO A., N.S.C. 1893, 1896
GHISETTI - GIAVARINA A., Presentazione rinascimentale op. cit.
SPLENDORE E., Profilo Archeologico e storico op. cit.
SPELDORE E. Superaequum, op.cit.