On the origins of the Ducale Palace, e' important not to neglect the monastica infuence that characterizes Southern Italy from the WAYS to VIII the century marking with their architectures the territory lucano.Su a carved stone that going back mother to the 1659 finds itself to the inside of the church it makes reference the community of Saint Basilio.
Therefore e' possible to assume that to the origin the monumental complex has been center of a comunita' monastica, even if it turns out difficult to establish which it has been the original nucleus and the widenings succeeded to you.
The system is divided before in two parti:la that conserve presumablly the characters of the ancient castle constructed around to 1100, the other instead constitutes

the widening to South - the West put into effect during the second one meta' of the ' 400 from Neapolitan architects and that it demonstrates a various print in the distribution and caratteri.Il the Palace enriches cosi of loggiate widths.

The imposing Palace e' for its dimensions and its architectonic complexity.

To the beginning of the complex the rests of a navata church to only are found covered with capriate lignee where inner the rests of an altar are still obvious.

Prospiciente the church we find a courtyard with to the center a trap door of a reservior, on the left side a tower or a higher bell tower of the measure attuale.Lungo the main facade detaches a wide porch  over which you e' a loggetta that nearly all extends in order the facade of the building, supported for the rest from shelves that increase the volume of the palace and is fortified of wide portali, visibly restored isolated others loggette of remarkable pregio contributes to render the Palace harmonious.

To notice of the characteristic bugnati portali of pregevole invoice.
An evocative portale of income of the East wing of the Palace (left photo) puts in communication the outside with the ancient village.
In the posterior and adjacent facade to the historical nucleus to evidence the presence of some windows that recall presumablly the style of those of the Ducale Palace of Venice.

To its inside settecentesche burlaps are guarded and pregevoli paintings one of which representing the rape of the sabine.

Center of noble  families like the Orsini.

In 1633, 20 October, the Baron of Bisceglie, Francisco Melazzi for 200 ducati acquires them lands of Pietragalla and Casalaspro.

The Melazzi is succeeded to the barony of Pietragalla for four generations.

The last Melazzi, Teodosio, eredi have not directed for which one of the daughters marrying a Acquaviva Of Aragon from the casato start to this new one.
This palace conserve remarkable an historical testimony if it is believed that to it e' tied the vicissitude of two days of battle of the pietragallesi citizens against the briganti.

17 16 days and November 1861 they marked the end of brigandage.

A column of approximately 400 briganti invading the alleys of Pietragalla forced part of the population to shelter itself in the palace.

After hours of resistance and cruenta it battles, the seen briganti the numerous losses could not that to withdraw itself.

The English Consul from Tagliacozzo writing to its country says: "After the faction of Pietragalla, the piu' important in Basilicata, the Borjes band pote' piu' not to reorganize itself".
The event e' testified from one lapide mail on the main facade of bringing the Ducale Palace the written one: