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The origins of the fortress are uncertain, although its position of control of the Valle del Cervaro suggests a very ancient origin. The construction of the tower is variously attributed to the Normans, Frederick II, Ladislaus II of Aquinas and Peter of Toledo, Viceroy of Naples. It seems that the Torre di Vedetta was built at the beginning of the '500 because of the raids and raids of the Turks in Puglia. Presumably part of a larger fortification, of which no trace remains, the tower probably developed on four floors for a height of about 13 meters and had a square base with side of 8 meters. Its destruction was caused by the strong earthquake of 1732.
Perhaps because of the uncertainty surrounding the dating and history of the Rocca di Panni, his Tower is the protagonist of one of the most evocative legends of the Monti Dauni, according to which the same was built to hide the sunlight in the village that is located on the other side of the Valle del Cervaro... " Once upon a time there were two villages, separated by a valley and a river. Between the inhabitants of the two villages there was not good blood, to the point that one of the two decided to erect a tower to hide the sun from the other, throwing it into perpetual darkness. The other in response, decided to replace the batacchi of the bells of their churches with giant cob cobs, so that the bells did not sound beyond the valley. One country remained without light, the other without time".
