History

The Castle of Pissignano

Borgo Lizori - Pissignano Alta
The castle of Pissignano di Campello sul Clitunno is a typical example of a triangular slope castle with a watchtower at the top and walls sloping down towards the plain, triangular in shape and with compact buildings that form rows of houses divided by parallel and flat streets, connected to each other by narrow alleys, which often lead into archivolts obtained below the houses themselves. The name derives from the ancient Pissinianum, or pool of Janus, a building that was located near the current Tempietto del Clitunno. The first nucleus developed in Roman times along the Flaminia, and only a few centuries later the other nucleus, the hilly one, developed due to the establishment of a small Benedictine community, supposedly around the 11th century. In this period it was decided to surround the inhabited nucleus with walls so much so that it took the name of Borgo San Benedetto in their presence and the mountain above is still called Monte San Benedetto or Colle Revalioso. The layout of the castle is not exactly uniform as it is possible to recognize different phases of construction or modernization that occurred over the centuries, according to the various historical vicissitudes caused by being a border castle part of the district of Spoleto, a district that Frederick II established in 1200 and with which the Castle of Pissignano has shared much of its history with the exception of some brief periods of occupation.
Origin of the name

Why BORGO LIZORI?

“Lì”,

adverb of place, in our language, where.

“Zo”,

etymology of the Greek verb “to live”

“Ri”,

also from the ancient Greek, orao meaning to see.

LI-ZO-RI: There where-life-sees, there where-life-is-contemplated

The redevelopment of the Borgo was conducted with exclusively private resources, invested by dozens of people, united by enthusiasm and passion, not only to purchase and renovate, each, their own real estate unit (ruins), but also to return all the spaces of common use to collective use. Without subsidies or sponsors, without public or third-party funding, without any speculative intent. For this place, a season of new youth has opened that has returned it to our days and today it represents one of the very rare triangular hillside castles perfectly preserved in Italy. Those who have worked and invested in the recovery of this village for over forty years affectionately call it Lizori.
Today, the village, in addition to hosting the Relais and the Gallo d’Oro Restaurant, is home to numerous associations, bodies and institutions both national and international, which operate in various fields: from the artistic to the scientific, from research to the training of a hard-working man in his place, but open to the new globalization to radiate social values, civilization and development.

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