The patron saints of Forenza are Saint Anthony of Padua, celebrated on 13 June, and Saint Vitus the martyr, celebrated on the 15th: the church dedicated to the former, built in the 18th century, holds a silver bust of the saint, while the church of San Vito, of the same name, testifies to the cult of the second co-patron.
In the centre of the plateau where today's Piazza Regina Margherita stands, a castle was once built, of which nothing now remains: the town later became a fief of the Norman empire and was subsequently ruled by the Angevins, who made structural changes to it, as still attested today by the remains of the 13th-century Angevin walls. The Angevins entrusted Forenza to Prince Giovanni Caracciolo, while later the Habsburgs granted it to the Doria family, lords of Melfi. The town also preserves the remains of the church of Santa Maria dell'Armenia, one of the oldest in Forenza, dating from the 12th century.
