 It is one of the few examples of High Medieval Calabrian architecture and one of the few fortifications in the region to have undergone restoration work.Even today it dominates the plain of Gioia Tauro from the Tyrrhenian Sea to Capo Vaticano, with a view of Stromboli and the Aeolian Islands.Local legend attributes the original fortification to the mythical King Morges of the Morgetes, son of Italus.