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A “completely abandoned” Italian ghost town offers tourists a unique experience that they can’t “get anywhere else”. Just 40 km inland, Craco is a striking town built high on a steep summit for defensive reasons. But while the settlement dates back hundreds of years, Craco has been left “completely abandoned” due to landslides. In 1963, Craco began...

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Anyone who has ever visited Basilicata in their life will surely be surprised and fascinated by its pristine territory, among the few not to have been flooded by industries, companies and concrete buildings.   The region still retains a historical, artistic and cultural heritage of immense value, evident especially in the city of Matera, as well as...

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The 134th Annual Feast celebrating San Rocco in New York City will be filmed by a crew developing a documentary as part of the project by the Centro Lucani nel Mondo under the auspices of the Regione Basilicata. Stephen LaRocca, president of the St. Rocco Society of Potenza says, "I invite you to join us this year for a wonderful celebration. Pleas...

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Puglia has everything. Amazing food, stunning olive fields, inspiring cities, and one of our favorite things: a dreamy coast. I’ve spent long summers exploring Puglia’s quaint towns and villages, sleeping in its traditional masserie, and working with local artisans to design quality linens and woven bags to bring the slow lifestyle into your home a...

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Vulture, an area in northern Basilicata in southern Italy, was named after the extinct volcano at its heart. Inhabited since the dawn of time, centuries-old villages stand in the midst of a picturesque and varied rural landscape.   The volcano is covered by an extensive green mantle of woods and forests,  and its striking profile is visible hundred...

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My great-great grandmother Rosa Pace, born in 1858 in San Fele, Basilicata, married my trisnonno Giuseppe Sabba and had 6 sons.  They were poor farmers but were as strong as the oak tree and as fruitful as the chestnut tree (it was customary to hang these two branches over the doors for that symbology). When Rosa was young, Basilicata suffered from...

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Where better to spend your lake vacation than in Italy? Our peninsula has a significant number of lakes, to be precise we are talking about 1500, all with different characteristics. For your lake vacation in Italy, you can choose any destination: from north to south and you can even choose the region that most appeals to you. Preferring a lake vaca...

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Only in Italy are there historical villages that may have given birth almost simultaneously to a brigand who sows fear and an intellectual end that makes hope grow. This is the case of Rionero in Vulture, a village surrounded by natural beauty in Basilicata. Here the brigand was Carmine Donatelli known as Crocco and the intellectual Giustino Fortun...

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Tucked inside the arch of Italy’s boot, Matera could have easily disappeared into the annals of history — the community was inhabited some 10,000 years before falling into disrepair, and was completely deserted in the 1970s. But, through the sheer force and determination of locals, plus several strategic investments, the long-standing town managed...

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Apart from the famous Sassi di Matera, Basilicata isn’t a major region for tourism, but it holds a very special hidden gem. In the province of Potenza, 20km from the capital, a small town called Pietragalla is home to some unique structures not seen in the rest of Italy. Tiny, whimsical white stone houses pop out of the earth like mushrooms. They l...

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