Located at an altitude of 485 meters above sea level and in an area full of ditches and tributary streams of the Misa river, its name (castrum Lavacellorum) derives from a possible "labes", landslide, steep place or rather from "lavaclum" (lavacrum), bathroom, source.
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Built in 1200, even nowadays it conserves its ramparts.
Inside the Castle, perfectly conserved, there is the St. Lorenzo Church with its fifteenth century structure. Inside the Church there is a rood in terracotta made by Mattia Della Robbia.
Outward the residential area is located the St. Ansovino Church from the eleventh century, property of the Templar Order according to the tradition.