Riccia

Riccia is a town in the province of Campobasso, Molise, about 15 km southeast of the provincial capital. The area was settled by the Oscans and later developed under the Samnites, before being destroyed during the Social War (90–88 BC) and recolonized by Romans, including troops from Ariccia near Rome — the name Riccia is thought to derive from that origin via "Ariccia," "Saricia," and "Ricia." Its medieval castle dates its first construction works to 1285, commissioned by the Angevin feudatory Bartolomeo di Capua, whose family ruled Riccia until 1792; the castle was restored in 1515 by Prince Bartolomeo III of Capua. In 1397, the deposed Neapolitan queen Costanza Chiaramonte was brought to Riccia, where she lived until her death in 1422 and was buried in the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie. The castle was burned by rebelling peasants in 1799, and only ruins with a medieval watchtower remain today in the historic quarter.

• Castle ruins and medieval watchtower — the remains of the 13th-century castle of the De Capua family, burned in 1799.
• Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie — burial site of the deposed Neapolitan queen Costanza Chiaramonte.

Campobasso, the provincial capital, is the nearest larger town in the area.