Garaguso

Garaguso
Country	Italy
region	Basilicata
province	Matera  (MT)
Coordinates	40 ° 33 '  N , 16 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 33 '0 "  N , 16 ° 14' 0"  E
height	460  m slm
surface	38.62 km²
Residents	1,025 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	27 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	75010
prefix	0835
ISTAT number	077009
Popular name	Garagusani
Patron saint	San Gaudenzio
Website	Garaguso

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

1025 inhabitants live in Garaguso (as of December 31, 2019). The place is 62 km west of Matera . The neighboring municipalities are Calciano , Grassano , Oliveto Lucano , Salandra and San Mauro Forte .

People lived here as early as prehistoric times. The place had a heyday in antiquity , at the time of the Magna Graecia . The settlement was later destroyed by an earthquake and rebuilt under Count Sanseverino di Tricarico . The name Garaguso comes from marsh grass and earth wall and means something like "hill in the marshland".

A small Greek temple was found in the Archaeological Area of ​​Garaguso. This temple is exhibited in the Museum of Potenza .

literature

• Azienda di promozione turistica - Basilicata, Matera e Provincia

Web links

Commons : Garaguso  - 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.