Pisticci

Pisticci
Country	Italy
region	Basilicata
province	Matera  (MT)
Coordinates	40 ° 23 ′  N , 16 ° 33 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 23 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 33 ′ 0 ″  E
height	364  m slm
surface	231 km²
Residents	17,432 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	75 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	75015
prefix	0835
ISTAT number	077020
Popular name	Pisticcesi
Patron saint	San Rocco
Website	Pisticci
Torre Orologio and dome of the Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo

Pisticci is an Italian commune in the province of Matera in the Basilicata region .

Location and dates

17,432 inhabitants live in Pisticci (as of December 31, 2019). The place is 68 km south of Matera . The neighboring municipalities are Bernalda , Craco , Ferrandina , Montalbano Jonico , Montescaglioso , Pomarico and Scanzano Jonico .

About a kilometer away is the 1000 year old pilgrimage site of Madonna del Casale.

About five kilometers north of Pisticci, in the district of Pisticci Scalo, there is a train station on the Battipaglia – Metaponto railway line and the Pisticci airfield .

history

The first settlements in the area of ​​Pisticci by Önotrians go back to the 10th century BC. BC back. This is indicated by numerous necropolises .

Even before the outbreak of World War II , there was an agricultural colony in Pisticci. After Italy entered the war in June 1940, the fascist regime set up an internment camp ( campo di concentramento ) in Pisticci , mainly for political opponents , for members of the Slavic minorities in the border provinces of Italy and for Yugoslavs from the areas occupied and annexed by Italy. The Italian anti-fascists had often already served long prison terms when they were transferred to Pisticci. Poles and Greeks were also interned in Pisticci . In June 1941 there were 571 internees in Pisticci. In September 1942 there were 997 and in July 1943 866. The internees were used for agricultural activities. In September 1943, the Allied forces took over the site and set up a refugee camp on it.

economy

The herbal liqueur Amaro Lucano, which is widely used throughout Italy and abroad, comes from Pisticci .

Attractions

Churches

Chiesa San Antonio del Convento di Santa Maria delle Grazie

• Chiesa del Cristo Re in Piazza Cristo Re
• Chiesa della Madonna delle Grazie in Via Madonna delle Grazie
• Chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione in Via Concezione
• Chiesa di San Rocco in Corso Margherita
• Chiesa di Sant'Antonio da Padova in Piazza Umberto I
• Chiesa Madre di San Pietro e Paolo in Piazza 11 febbraio
• Chiesa della Madonna di Viggiano in Via Duca d'Aosta
• Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate in Corso Margherita di Savoia
• Abbazia di Santa Maria la Sanità del Casale in Strada Provinciale Pisticci - San Basilio

Monuments

• Remains of a Norman castle in Piazza Castello
• Torre dell'Orologio in Piazza Plebiscito
• Torre dell'Orologio in Piazza Umberto I

literature

• Azienda di promozione turistica - Basilicata, Matera e Provincia
• Francesca Filippi: Matera e la Basilicata , EDT, 2015

Web links

Commons : Pisticci  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City map of Pisticci , accessed February 6, 2017
• Pisticci in APT Basilicata, accessed February 6, 2017
• Parocchia San Antonio , accessed February 6, 2017
• Chiesa di San Rocco , accessed February 6, 2017

Remarks

1. ↑ residents Önotriens; old name of the south-eastern part of Italy (Bruttium and Lucania)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Enotrus
3. ↑ Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, I Campi del duce. L'internamento civile nell'Italia fascista (1940-1943) , Torino 2004 (Einaudi), pp. 232-234