Places to see in ( Potenza - Italy )
Places to see in ( Potenza - Italy )
Potenza is a city and comune in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Capital of the Province of Potenza and the Basilicata region, the city is the highest regional capital and one of the highest provincial capitals in Italy, overlooking the valley of the Basento river in the Apennine Mountains of Lucania, east of Salerno. Its territory is bounded by the comuni of Anzi, Avigliano, Brindisi Montagna, Picerno, Pietragalla, Pignola, Ruoti, Tito and Vaglio Basilicata.
The first settlement of Potentia (Potenza's original Latin name) was probably located at a lower elevation than at present, some 10 kilometres (6 miles) south of today's Potenza. The Lucani of Potentia sided against Rome's enemies during the latter's wars against the Samnites and the Bruttii. In the following years of Late Middle Ages, the city was owned by various feudal families before the Spanish domination, during which Potenza was the site of riots against the Spaniards. In 1694, it was almost completely destroyed by another earthquake.
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Potenza Cathedral: The Duomo di San Gerardo, renovated in the 18th century. The cathedral still houses the rose window and the apse from the original 12th-century structure.
San Francesco: church founded in 1274. The portal and the bell tower date from the 15th century. The church houses the De Grasis sepulchre and a Madonna in Byzantine style (13th century).
The Torre Guevara, the last remnant of the old castle. It is now used to stage art exhibitions.
The Palazzo Loffredo, a 17th-century noble residence. It is now the seat of the Dinu Adameșteanu National Archaeological Museum.
Three gates of the old city walls, now demolished. The gates are the Porta San Giovanni, the Porta San Luca and the Porta San Gerardo.
San Michele: 11th-12th century Romanesque-style church.
Santa Maria del Sepolcro: church.
The ruins of a Roman villa in the Poggio Tre Galli quarter.
Musmeci Bridge, a unique construction, monument of modern civil engineering.
Potenza is a rail junction on the main line from Salerno to Taranto, managed by FS Trenitalia. It has also a connection to Altamura, served by the Ferrovie Appulo Lucane regional company. The city's main station, which was originally named Potenza Inferiore, is now known as Potenza Centrale.
The Province of Potenza, one of the two provinces of the Basilicata Region, comprises 100 municipalities, among which the city of Potenza, Italy's highest-altitude Regional Capital (2,687 ft). Just a few miles of the Province actually touch the Tyrrhenian Sea, while the rest of it is bordered by the Region of Campania on the west (Provinces of Salerno and Avellino), Apulia in the north (Provinces of Foggia, Barletta-Andria-Trani and Bari), the Province of Matera in the east, and Calabria in the south (Province of Cosenza).
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Cosa vedere in Basilicata || Taccone, il borgo abbandonato
Oggi vi portiamo con noi a Taccone, in provincia di Matera, un piccolo borgo rurale quasi abbandonato a 14 km da Irsina.
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La creazione di Borgo #Taccone ha origine negli anni '50. In seguito alla Riforma agraria, il borgo venne fondato sia come centro di servizio per le esigenze degli agricoltori residenti nelle varie case coloniche sparse nel territorio circostante, sia per al fin di creare un insediamento rurale vero e proprio; Borgo Taccone infatti presentava sia caratteristiche tipiche degli insediamenti agricoli, sia strutture amministrative consone ad un centro residenziale. Con l'arrivo dei vari assegnatari di fondi agricoli, il borgo fu fornito di scuola elementare, ufficio postale, stazione dei carabinieri, ambulatorio, e stazione ferroviaria. Dopo un primo periodo di relativa espansione demografica, negli anni '60-'70 Borgo Taccone iniziò a svuotarsi e i molti degli abitanti lasciarono le case assegnate per emigrare altrove. Ad oggi sono poche le famiglie che risiedono stabilmente nel borgo. [Fonte Wikipedia]
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