At the top of the village stands the castle, enlarged between the 15th and 16th centuries. In this period Rocca di Botte was invested with the activity of artists, as shown by the sixteenth-century frescoes of S. Maria della Febbre. In 1557, however, the town was destroyed by the Duke of Alba and later also looted, following a rebellion of the population to the sublime abbot Scipione Colonna.
In the nineteenth century Rocca di Botte, aggregated to the municipality of Pereto together with Oricola, began a long struggle for its own administrative autonomy, conquered in the early twentieth century.
