 The town's name can be dated to 1060 AD, when the land was the possession of Arnaldo, Archbishop of Tricarico, who called the area "Graculum", which means in Latin "little plowed field".This long association of the Church with the town had a great influence on the inhabitants.From 1154 to 1168, the control of the village passed to a nobleman, Eberto, probably of Norman origin, who established the first feudal control over the town.