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Province of PotenzaRegion Basilicata, Italy
The territory of the Province of Potenza is mostly mountainous, with a very short coastline along the Thyrrhenian Sea where one of the jewels of the coast, Maratea, is located, whereas the hinterland includes rugged mountains covered with Mediterranean vegetation, the lakes of Monte Cotugno, Pertusillo, Rendina and Monticchio and protected areas, as the Parco Nazionale del Pollino.
Until 2 january 1927 Potenza included also all the communes of the province of Matera.
Info: Area: 6,545 km² -- Population: about 400,000 inhabitants -- Zip/postal codes: 85010-85018, 85020-85040, 85042-85044, 85046-85059 -- Phone Area Codes: 0971, 0972, 0973, 0975, 0976 -- Car Plate: PZ -- Communes: 100 -- Official website: http://www.provincia.potenza.it/ |
The Comuni in the Province of Potenza
Abriola |
Acerenza |
Albano di Lucania |
Anzi |
Armento |
Atella |
Avigliano |
Balvano |
Banzi |
Baragiano |
Barile |
Bella |
Brienza |
Brindisi Montagna |
Calvello |
Calvera |
Campomaggiore |
Cancellara |
Carbone |
Castelgrande |
Castelluccio Inferiore |
Castelluccio Superiore |
Castelmezzano |
Castelsaraceno |
Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea |
Cersosimo |
Chiaromonte |
Corleto Perticara |
Episcopia |
Fardella |
Filiano |
Forenza |
Francavilla in Sinni |
Gallicchio |
Genzano di Lucania |
Ginestra |
Grumento Nova |
Guardia Perticara |
Lagonegro |
Latronico |
Laurenzana |
Lauria |
Lavello |
Maratea |
Marsico Nuovo |
Marsicovetere |
Maschito |
Melfi |
Missanello |
Moliterno |
Montemilone |
Montemurro |
Muro Lucano |
Nemoli |
Noepoli |
Oppido Lucano |
Palazzo San Gervasio |
Paterno |
Pescopagano |
Picerno |
Pietragalla |
Pietrapertosa |
Pignola |
Potenza |
Rapolla |
Rapone |
Rionero in Vulture |
Ripacandida |
Rivello |
Roccanova |
Rotonda |
Ruoti |
Ruvo del Monte |
San Chirico Nuovo |
San Chirico Raparo |
San Costantino Albanese |
San Fele |
San Martino d'Agri |
San Paolo Albanese |
San Severino Lucano |
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte |
Sant'Arcangelo |
Sarconi |
Sasso di Castalda |
Satriano di Lucania |
Savoia di Lucania |
Senise |
Spinoso |
Teana |
Terranova di Pollino |
Tito |
Tolve |
Tramutola |
Trecchina |
Trivigno |
Vaglio Basilicata |
Venosa |
Vietri di Potenza |
Viggianello |
Viggiano
History
In 272 BC the province was conquered by the Roman army, the new rulers renamed Basilicata as Lucania. Later in the 11th century the area becoming part of Duchy of Apulia at the time ruled by the Norman French, and from the 13th century part of the Kingdom of Naples. However, Potenza was actually ruled by the local warlords. In 1861 the province was unified with the rest of Italy in the newly formed Kingdom of Italy.
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