Basilicata

Basilicata

Basic data
Capital	Potenza
Provinces	Potenza , Matera
surface	9,994.61 km² ( 14. )
Residents	556,934 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	55.7 inhabitants / km²
Website	Basilicata
ISO 3166-2	IT-77
president	Vito Bardi ( FI )
Relief map of the Basilicata region

Basilicata ( Italian Basilicata ) is a region in southern Italy . It is located southeast of Campania , southwest of Apulia and north of Calabria . It is divided into the provinces of Potenza and Matera , with a total of 556,934 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) living on an area of 9,994 km². The capital is Potenza . The province of Potenza , which lies around the capital, was called the province of Basilicata before 1871 , but was only part of the present-day region of Basilicata.

Administrative division

The Basilicata region includes the following two provinces:

province	Capital	ISO	Communities	Population (December 31, 2019)	Area (km²)	Population density (inh / km²)
Matera	Matera	IT-MT	31	195.998	3,446.12	57
Potenza	Potenza	IT-PZ	100	360.936	6,548.49	55
Basilicata	Potenza	IT-77	131	556.934	9,994.61	56

The provinces of the Basilicata region

Major cities and towns

The following are the largest cities and municipalities in Basilicata:

local community	province	Residents
Potenza	Potenza	67.194
Matera	Matera	60,432
Melfi	Potenza	17,885
Policoro	Matera	17,709
Pisticci	Matera	17.605
Lavello	Potenza	13,424
Rionero in Vulture	Potenza	13,214
Lauria	Potenza	12,708
Bernalda	Matera	12,451
Venosa	Potenza	11,741

coat of arms

Four blue wavy bars the width of a thread in the middle of the silver shield .

Demarcation Basilicata / Lucania

The territory of Basilicata only partially coincides with the ancient landscape of Lucania . It has only a narrow part of the Tyrrhenian coast, while Lucania extended far into what is now the Campania region and encompassed most of the current province of Salerno , in particular the Cilento landscape , up to the Sele River (Latin: Silarus). On the other hand, Lucania reached northeast only as far as the Bradano river ; the Basilicata also extends in a north-westerly direction beyond the borders of Lucania, where it includes the Vulture area - the area of origin of the Aglianico del Vulture wine .

The name "Basilicata" appeared in the 10th century under Byzantine rule. After the Norman conquest of southern Italy , an administrative unit (giudizierato) that comprised what is now the province of Potenza and part of the province of Matera bore this name.

history

The area has never been independent since its incorporation into the Roman Empire and shared the history of its neighboring areas (for the period between the Lombard (568) and the Norman conquests, in which southern Italy was territorially fragmented, this applies primarily to the northern neighboring areas). After the Norman conquest, it belonged to the Kingdom of Naples , and from 1861 to Italy. From 1932 to 1947 the region was officially called "Lucania".

climate

Compared to the rest of southern Italy, Basilicata has a very changeable climate. In winter the temperatures are usually between 5 ° C and 9 ° C. During the summer months, temperatures are around 28 ° C to 31 ° C. With an average of 12.9 ° C, the climate in this region is milder than in the rest of the country. Due to the sometimes high amounts of precipitation between November and April, there are good climatic conditions for viticulture . Therefore, various grape varieties have been bred in parts of this region since the 6th century BC.

economy

In comparison with the GDP of the European Union expressed in purchasing power standards , the Basilicata region achieved an index of 71 in 2015 (EU-28 = 100).

In 2017 the unemployment rate was 12.8%, which was the lowest rate in southern Italy.

photos

Magazines

Bollettino della storia della Basilicata , has been published since 1985

literature

General

Michael Mente: Matera, the Basilicata and me. A personal and literary travel companion in search of the mystical heart of southern Italy. Edited by von flügelrad, Verlag für Kulturvermittlung, BoD Books on Demand, Weinfelden 2019, ISBN 978-3-7494-5245-3 .

geography

Carlos Solito: Basilicata. Parco nazionale del Pollino , Edizioni Pugliesi, 2004.

history

Gabriele De Rosa, Antonio Cestaro, Dinu Adamesteanu (eds.): Storia della Basilicata , 4 vols., Laterza, Bari 1999-2006.
Palma Fuccella: Breve storia della Basilicata , Finiguerra Arti Grafiche, 1996.
Edoardo D'Angelo: Basilicata medievale. La cultura , Liguori, 2009.
Pierfrancesco Rescio: Archeologia e storia dei castelli di Basilicata e Puglia , Consiglio regional di Basilicata, 1999.
Vittorio Prinzi, Tommaso Russo: La massoneria in Basilicata. Dal decennio francese all'avvento del fascismo: Dal decennio francese all'avvento del fascismo , FrancoAngeli, Milan 2012.
Tommaso Russo: Culture e scuole in Basilicata nell'Ottocento , FrancoAngeli, 1995.
Tommaso Russo: Istruzione e sociabilità in Basilicata, 1900–1921 , FrancoAngeli, 2004.

art

Klaus-Rainer Althaus : The apse paintings of the cave churches in Apulia and in Basilicata. Iconographic research . Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-86064-539-0
Ekkehart Rotter: Calabria, Basilicata . DuMont Art Travel Guide, Ostfildern 2002, ISBN 3-7701-5541-6