Aliano

This article covers the municipality in the province of Matera. For the district in the province of Florence see Montespertoli .

Aliano
Country	Italy
region	Basilicata
province	Matera  (MT)
Coordinates	40 ° 19 ′  N , 16 ° 14 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 14 ′ 0 ″  E
height	555  m slm
surface	96 km²
Residents	907 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	9 inhabitants / km²
Factions	Alianello
Post Code	75010
prefix	0835
ISTAT number	077002
Popular name	alianesi
Patron saint	San Luigi Gonzaga
Website	Aliano

Aliano is a southern Italian municipality in the province of Matera in the Basilicata region .

Location and dates

Today, 907 inhabitants live on the 96 km² of the municipality of Aliano (as of December 31, 2019). The place Aliano lies on a steep mountain ridge in the middle of the so-called Calanchi (fold mountains) between the river valleys of the Sauro and the Agri . Due to the loamy subsoil, the houses are always threatened by erosion . The municipality borders the municipalities of Gorgoglione and Stigliano ( Province of Matera ) and Missanello, Roccanova and Sant'Arcangelo ( Province of Potenza ).

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history

The name of the place derives from the Latin Praedium Allianum , the estate of the Roman Allius.

Due to its proximity to the Agri and Sinni rivers , Aliano has been an important trading center between the Greeks , Etruscans and Enotrians since ancient times , as evidenced by the discovery of a necropolis from the 7th and 6th centuries BC. Is occupied.

Carlo Levi

The place became famous through the book Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (" Christ only came to Eboli ", 1945) by Carlo Levi , who wrote his experiences and impressions during his exile in 1935/1936 in what he called 'Gagliano' for reasons of discretion Describes place. The book was partially filmed in 1978 by Francesco Rosi at the original locations.

Culture

In the 1990s, Aliano was proclaimed Parco Letterario Carlo Levi ("Carlo Levi Literature Park") under the auspices of UNESCO . Today a Museo Carlo Levi with photos and documents, a museum with 20 paintings by Levi in ​​the former town hall and a multimedia show in Levi's former home commemorate the famous exile. In addition, the folkloric Museo della Civiltà Contadina (“Museum of Rural Culture”) shows evidence of the arduous rural life described by Levi. Levi's grave can be viewed in the cemetery.

Aliano as a location

• Christ only came to Eboli , a film directed by Francesco Rosi (1979).
• Basilicata coast to coast , a film by Rocco Papaleo (2010).

Attractions

• The Church of San Luigi Gonzaga
• The Church of San Giacomo il Maggiore in Via Stella
• The pilgrimage site of Madonna della Stella
• The Museo della Civiltà Contadina (Museum of Peasant Culture)
• The Museo storico Carlo Levi (Carlo Levi Historical Museum)

population

Population development

The number of inhabitants of the place has decreased from 2,288 in 1951 to 967 according to the statistical data of 2017.

Web links

Commons : Aliano  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Le Maschere del Carnevale alianese. Retrieved September 27, 2018 (Italian). 
3. ↑ Censimenti popolazione Aliano 1861-201. Retrieved September 27, 2018 (Italian). 
4. ↑ popolazione Aliano 2001-2017. Retrieved September 27, 2018 (Italian).