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.
Alot to see in Potenza such as :
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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Palazzo Margherita
La ville de Bernalda, dans la région de Basilicate en Italie du Sud est un endroit préservé, pittoresque et loin des hordes de touristes. On y redécouvre l’Italie éternelle et authentique. C’est ici que Francis Ford Coppola, dont la ville est le berceau familial, a installé un boutique hôtel de 9 chambres et suites au luxe intimiste et exceptionnel. Le Palazzo date du 19ème siècle, et a été entièrement rénové par Jacques Grange. Sa splendeur n’a d’égal que son charme incroyable. Les jardins et la piscine créent un ensemble envoûtant, absolument hors du temps. Dédié à la découverte et à la détente, le Palazzo est un établissement idéal pour les familles et les mariages, un enclave romantique, un refuge où les rêves rencontrent la douce réalité d’un lieu qui est le fruit de l’imaginaire de l’un des plus grands cinéastes de notre temps.
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The city of Bernalda, in the Basilicate region of southern Italy, is a preserved and picturesque area far from all mass tourism. It’s the ideal venue for rediscovering an eternal and authentic Italy. It’s here as well, in the city where his family origins are rooted that film director Francis Ford Coppola decided to open a boutique hotel consisting of 9 rooms and suites and with an intimate and exceptional sense of luxury. The Palazzo, dating back to the 19th century, was entirely renovated by Jacques Grange. Its splendor is only equalled by its incredible charm. The gardens and swimming pool create an enchanting, totally timeless setting. Dedicated to discovery and relaxation, the Palazzo is an ideal establishment for families and special events such as weddings. This romantic enclave is a refuge where dreams come together with the gentle reality of a site inspired by the imagination of one of the world’s greatest film makers.
Agriturismo Santa Croce a Lucugnano di Tricase, Lecce
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Situato alle porte del piccolo borgo di Lucugnano, frazione di Tricase e a pochi km dalle spiagge, l'Agriturismo Santa Croce offre sistemazioni per due o tre persone in formula di bed and breakfast e un ristorante di cucina tipica salentina.
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Basilicata Trip video - Basilicata has an otherworldly landscape of tremendous mountain ranges, dark forested valleys and villages so melded with the rockface that they seem to have grown there. Its isolated yet strategic location on routes linking ancient Rome to the eastern Byzantine empire has seen it successively invaded, pillaged, plundered, abandoned and neglected.
In the north the landscape is a fertile zone of gentle hills and deep valleys -- once covered in thick forests, now cleared and cultivated with wheat, olives and grapes. The purple-hued mountains of the interior are impossibly grand and a wonderful destination for hikers and naturalists, particularly the soaring peaks of the Lucanian Apennines and the Parco Nazionale del Pollino.
On the coast, Maratea is one of Italys most chic seaside resorts. However, Matera is Basilicatas star attraction, the famous sassi (former cave dwellings) of the cave city presiding over a rugged landscape of ravines and caves. Its ancient cave dwellings tell a tale of poverty, hardship and struggle; its history is best immortalised in writer Carlo Levis superb book Christ Stopped at Eboli -- a title suggesting Basilicata was beyond the hand of God, a place where pagan magic still existed and thrived.
Today, Basilicata is attracting a slow but steadily increasing trickle of Tripists. For those wanting to experience a raw and unspoilt region of Italy, Basilicatas remote atmosphere and wild landscape will appeal.
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