 In those years the town centre progressively moved almost entirely from the hill to the valley, around the old market square; between the half of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, also the town hall, the Bishop palace and the Cathedral, were abandoned to leave an almost isolated town district.This long period of economic and cultural decline was marked by few important events.In 1604 Pope Clement VIII assigned his brother Cardinal Giovanni Aldobrandini a governamental mandate for San Severino.