It is an agricultural center of the Frentan Sub-Apennines, located on a spur to the left of the river Dendalo.

Human presence in early historic times is testified by a bronze statuette found nearby, currently in the Antiquarium Teatinum.

The statue depicts a man with a kilt holding a plate in his right hand as a sign of offer or request to a deity.

The local monastery, thanks to the economic help given from the Normans, gradually increased reaching the apogee between the 10th and 11th century, when it included a library, an oratory and several possessions such as churches, lands, and mills.

The monastery declined between 1400 and 1464 and, with the death of the last chaplain, the area fell under the local bishop's authority.