Anzi (Basilicata)
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Country | Italy | |
region | Basilicata | |
province | Potenza (PZ) | |
Coordinates | 40 ° 31 ′ N , 15 ° 55 ′ E | |
height | 1029 m slm | |
surface | 76 km² | |
Residents | 1,597 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 21 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 85010 | |
prefix | 0971 | |
ISTAT number | 076004 | |
Popular name | Anzesi | |
Patron saint | Donatus | |
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Anzi is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 1597 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Potenza in Basilicata . The municipality is located about 16.5 kilometers southeast of Potenza . In the northeast is the Lago di Ponte Fontanelle .
history
Today's Anzi was known as Antium or Ansia (also Anxia ) in Roman antiquity .
Attractions
The large nativity scene by Anzi from 1994 is considered the fourth largest nativity scene installation in Europe. The Planetario Osservatorio Astronomico di Anzi includes an observatory and a planetarium , which is open to visitors and amateur astronomers.
Parish partnership
Anzi maintains an intra-Italian partnership with the municipality of Ripacandida in the province of Potenza .
Personalities
- Anthony J. Celebrezze (1910–1998), US Secretary of Health
traffic
The Strada Statale 92 dell'Appennino Meridionale runs through the municipality from Potenza to Villapiana .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.