According to Bonaventura da Lama (who quoted the historian Pantaleo) Bianca Lancia was confined in this castle while pregnant with Manfred of Sicily, on suspicion of having been unfaithful to Frederick II.
The later owners between 1600 and 1800 (the Acquaviva d'Aragona family, the De Mari and Donna Maria Emanuela Caracciolo) changed the castle appearance into a residential one.