Manor of the second half of the fifteenth century in which, in 1815, was imprisoned and sentenced to death by firing squad the King of Naples Joachim Murat.
The construction of the Murat Castle took place in two different historical periods.
The first part of it consisted of the only larger tower called Torre Mastia or sighting. Its construction was part of the defensive system implemented by the Angevins for the defense of coastal towns from Saracen raids and dates back to the end of 1300.
Continued a hundred years later by Ferdinand I of Aragon, it was part of that process of fortification of the coasts of southern Italy whose purpose was to contain the Saracen raids that infested the South Seas.
Aragon, in fact, remained only against the Turks, tried to secure his kingdom, fortifying the coastal places most exposed to Saracen raids, and with the order of 12 November 1480, decreed, for Calabria, the fortification of Reggio and the construction of castles in Crotone, Cariati, Corigliano, Belvedere, Pizzo and other places. For Pizzo was willing to add to the existing Angevin tower, a massive rectangular body, equipped with a conical tower, somewhat smaller than the previous, and to build a little lower, overhanging the Marina, a watchtower. The works lasted from 1481 to 1485.
Completed its construction, the new Castle, equipped with arquebuses and artillery, had a garrison of soldiers, under the command of an officer.
It was never a noble residence, but always a military fortress and prison
Feudatory was the Count of Mileto Carlo Sanseverino to whom he was later removed for having participated in the conspiracy of the barons against the king. In 1505 he was ceded by Ferdinando the Catholic to the De Mendoza and by Succession to the De Silva, Duke of the Infantado until 1806 year of the abolition of feudalism. Passed to the state property, it was ceded in 1884 to the Municipality of Pizzo. By Decree of 3 June 1892 it was declared "National Monument".
