Nocera Inferiore, formerly Nocera dei Pagani (of the pagans), is a town in the Palermo province (shin bone of Italy). It was aligned with the Roman Empire, destroyed by Hannibal, and plundered by Spartacus.
In the 12th century, Nocera sided with Innocent II against Roger of Sicily and got spanked bad. Helena, the widow of Manfred of Sicily was imprisoned in the Castle of Charles of Durazzo and died there after the battle of Benevento in 1268.
In the 14th century, Pope Urban VI imprisoned the cardinals who favored the antipope Clement VII, and later he was besieged there. Among many thousands of guests at the castle over the years were Dante Alighieri and Boccaccio.
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