During the Period of the Lordships, also in Montopoli di Sabina a village rose- the today’s Via Pietro Oddi – behind the town.

The villages spreading at the foot of the castles was necessary both to accommodate the people accompanying the country Lords who moved under the protection of the walls and in defense of the Castle lordship, as it was first necessary to conquer the village and then castle, fortified (the original meaning of the name, of Saxon origin, is precisely fortified place).