 The area remained uninhabited until 1631, when the Count of San Valentino and Marquis of Lauro donated it to the monastic Order of Friars Minor, who built here a convent; the inhabited center which grew around it was initially a neighbourhood of Palma Campania and later a self-governing entity by decree of King Ferdinand II of Two Sicilies.The Marquis also enstablished the local Fair which is held every year in name of Saint Januarius

During the Nazi occupation, a young man was executed by Nazi soldiers because he was found outside during curfew.Several livestock were seized by the German armed forces and consequently killed.