THE ORIGINS OF FIUMEFREDDO HAVE BEEN LOST IN TIME BUT THE FIRST TRACES GO BACK TO THE YEAR 1000 ; IN 1054 FLUMEN FLIGIDUM WAS GIVEN TO RUGGERO THE NORMAN BY HIS BROTHER ROBERTO IL GUISCARDO ; SINCE THEN THE VILLAGE WAS RULED BY VARIOUS FEUDAL LORDS .DURING THE NAPOLEONIC RULE MANY SECRET GROUPS IN OPPOSITION WERE FORMED.IN 1860 THE VILLAGE WAS NAMED AFTER ‘BRUZIO’ TO VISIT CASTLE CHURCH AND MONASTERY OF S. CHIARA CHURCH AND CONVENT OF S. FRANCESCO OF ASSISI FONTE LAURATO ABBEY MAIN CHURCH OF S. MICHELE ARCANGELO