Rocca delle Caminate over the centuries Studies carried out over the years place the origins of Rocca delle Caminate around the year 1000
Rocca delle Caminate over the centuries
Studies carried out over the years place the origins of Rocca delle Caminate around the year 1000. The castle may have been built on a pre-existing village or Roman fortress site. Several hypotheses have been made on the origin of its name: one links it to a wall walk (“camminata”) behind the crenellations, while another refers to the existence of rooms equipped with fireplaces (“camini”). The most evocative one would connect the origin of the name to the existence of furnaces with their own chimneys (“camini”), used in the surrounding area to produce building lime from local limestone rock called “spungone”. Be it as it may, the name “Rigone Caminate” appears in official acts as early as 1177.
Due to its strategic position overlooking the valleys of the Rabbi and Bidente rivers, and the military function one can glean from its original design, the castle has had a troubled history, involving important Italian families, such as the Belmonti, Ordelaffi, Malatesta, Borghese-Aldobrandini and Doria Pamphili. The latter family rented out (or granted in emphyteusis) the castle to the Baccarini family of Forlì in 1834. The Dalle Vacche family of Forlì were its last owners: in 1870, to conclude the long cycle of destruction and reconstruction, a violent earthquake struck the Romagna region and the building was badly damaged. After fifty years left to itself, the castle was reduced to little more than a pile of rubble.
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