When history has no written sources or architectural evidence, it doesn't mean it didn't exist. We just need to read the landscape with more powerful lenses, looking for smaller details, and piece them together in the most probable shape of their time.

Thomas Allocca

Helfara

project name  >  Helfara

mission  >  Historical Research

topic  >  Territorial Encastellation and Architecture of the Longobard Settlement of Helfara (c. 575-1070)

directors  >  Thomas Allocca, Annarita Reina

town  >  Sant'Angelo a Fasanella, Salerno, Italy

started  >  2025 March

ended  >  open

funded by  >  MWA

Ahto Thurni - Octo Turris

project name  >  Ahto Thurni - Octo Turris

mission  >  Historical Research

topic  >  Territorial Encastellation and Architecture of the Longobard Settlement of Ahto Thurni (c. 575-1070)

directors  >  Thomas Allocca, Annarita Reina

town  >  Ottati, Salerno, Italy

started  >  2026 June

ended  >  open

funded by  >  MWA