• Archeological excavations brought to light graves attesting human life in Prehistory.

• Caiazzo’s original name was Kahata, becoming successively Kaiatia and Caiatia.

• The small center was founded by the Oscs.

• The Etruscan first occupied Caiazzo in 847 b.C., then came the Samnites in the 5^th century and successively the Romans, to whom the Caiatenes were always faithful.

• It was the country of Auto Attilio Caiatino.

• It was twice destroyed, first in 843 by the Saracens and by Padone, the thief in 861.

• The castle was built in the 9^th century, during the Lombard occupation.

• The Normans established in Lombardy and during this domination, the Count di Caiazzo Rainulfo, participated in the first Crusade with many Caiatene people, giving to the city in his return the emblems adopted in this Crusade as coat of arms.

• Caiazzo became a Diocese in the 8^th century.

• Some centuries after, Stefano Minicillo was a Bishop, becoming after the city and diocese patron.

• After the Normans, ruled the Swabians.

• In 1229 Frederick II of the Swabians and his Secretary Pier della Vigna visited Caiazzo.

• The Agioinis succeeded the Swabians.

• Caiazzo was granted to the Sanseverino family and later to the Origlia.

• During the Aragonese domination, King Alphonsus gave the city to his favorite Lucrezia D'Alagno.

• Caiazzo returned to the Sanseverinos, who alternated its domination with the Aragonese up to the 16^th century.

• In 1615 it went from the Prince of Conca to the Marquis Corsi, in whose family the feud remained until 1836.

• In 1836, much of the Corsi estate was sold to Giuseppe Andrea De Angelis.

• Between the 19^th and 21^st September, the peasants, jointly with the Bourbon troops, took on Csudafy and Cattabeni troops, repelling them around Volturno.

• According to the historian Menabrea, the meeting between Garibaldi and Vittorio Emanuelle II first took place on the outskirts of Caiazzo and afterwards in Teano.

• During World War II, Caiazzo went through hard times. Between 1942 and 1944 it was under continuous bombing and fire.

• In October 1943, German troops in retreat treated cruelly and slaughtered 22 people, among them children, women and old people.

Palazzi principali

Il Catello.

Palazzo Mirto Frangipane poi Mazziotti.

Casa di Pier della Vigna.

Palazzo Egizi.

Palazzo famiglia Savastano.

Palazzo Santoro.

Palazzo famiglia Puorto.

Palazzo Foschi Caratenuto.

Monumenti religiosi più importanti

Chiesa di Maria SS.

Chiesa dell' Annunziatta.

Chiesa e conventi di S. Francesco.

Chiesa dell' Imacillata Concezione.

Chiesa di S. Apollonia.

Chiesa di San Nicola de Figulis.

Cappella della confratennita del SS Rosario.

Cappella di S. Agnese o Egizi.

Ospedale dell' Annunciata.

Chiesa di S. Pietro del Franco.

S. Maria di Constantinopoli e S. Maria del Soccorso.

Chiesa e convento di S. Maria delle Grazie.

Monastero delle Clarisse.

Convento dei Cappuccini.

Seminario.

Papidi, portali e cisterne

Lapide Romana all' ingresso di Caiazzo.

Lapide Romana.

Frammento di lapidi in piazza Giuseppe Verdi.

Lapide Romana custidita nel palazzo Mazziotti.

Lapide Romana fuori Porta S. Pietro.

Portali di via D. Messeri, vico S. Francesco e via Egizi.

Cisterne Romana.