The origin of Candida seems to be very ancient, as evidenced by the findings of an excavation in the locality of Cesine, in particular of a Patera, tool typically used in the sacrifices by the ancient Romans, symbol therefore of a pre-Roman settlement.

Overall, however, the town is more medieval and, in fact, the first documented historical information of Candida dates back to 1045, in the Lombard period, when it came back as a farmhouse of the County of Avellino. 

In the ancient village you can admire the 16th century Palazzo Filangieri and the Palazzo del Giudice with an adjoining chapel. There are interesting stone portals skilfully worked by local artisans dating back to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Church of the Assumption built in 1540 and the Verginian monastery with an interesting cloister and a seventeenth-century well, conclude the visit.