Campobello di Licata was founded as a feudal town in 1681 by Raimondo Ramondetta Barone di Campobello, who paid two hundred ounces to buy, by Charles IV of Austria and II of Spain, the right to populate his fief. The Founder Baron titled "Mero and Imperio misto" expressionque we find obscure, but that is believed to surround the exercise of all powers, political, administrative, financial, military and judiciary.