Castello Orsini is a Middle Ages castle in Massa d'Albe, Province of L'Aquila. The castle is located near the archaeological site marked by the remnants of the Equi settlement of Alba Fucens, a Roman colony built after the Second Samnite War in the 4th century BC, and the later medieval village of Albe, which was the capital of the Albense county …Castello Orsini is a Middle Ages castle in Massa d'Albe, Province of L'Aquila. The castle is located near the archaeological site marked by the remnants of the Equi settlement of Alba Fucens, a Roman colony built after the Second Samnite War in the 4th century BC, and the later medieval village of Albe, which was the capital of the Albense county and was almost completely destroyed by the 1915 Avezzano earthquake.