Castelmezzano

Castelmezzano
Country	Italy
region	Basilicata
province	Potenza  (PZ)
Coordinates	40 ° 32 '  N , 16 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 31 '44 "  N , 16 ° 2' 42"  E
height	750  m slm
surface	33 km²
Residents	756 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	23 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	85010
prefix	0971
ISTAT number	076024
Popular name	Castelmezzanesi
Patron saint	Rochus of Montpellier
Website	Castelmezzano
Panorama of Castelmezzano

Castelmezzano is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) in the province of Potenza in Basilicata with about 756 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). The municipality is located about 23.5 kilometers southeast of Potenza on the Parco naturale di Gallipoli Cognato - Piccole Dolomiti Lucane and belongs to the Comunità Montana Alto Basento . The place is a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy).

history

In the 6th and 5th centuries BC First Greek colonists settled on the Basento and founded the city of Maudoron . When the Saracens ravaged the villages in southern Italy in the 10th century, the displaced inhabitants settled on the rock and founded today's Castelmezzano.

Personalities

• Eugenio Santoro (1920–2006), sculptor and painter

Web links

Commons : Castelmezzano  - collection of images, 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. ^ I borghi più belli d'Italia (official website), accessed on April 23, 2017 (Italian)