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Romito Grottos

Romito Grottos, cave dated back to superior Palaeolithic, rock "incisions" of "bos primigenius" was tamed about 6.000 years ago, deceased in the XVIII century.
Raganello's Canyon is situated in a valley with its mountain stream, natural environmental resources, also the most important entrance to get to the Pollino National Park.
Maria S.S. di Costantinopoli medieval church (XVII - XVIII cen.) in Papasidero is one of the rare religious monuments situated in wonderful landscape context. The sanctuary embedded in "Lao's gole", suggestive place, with an important fresco representing Our Lady with Baby and a Virgin's wooden statue dated XVII century.


Gole del Raganello incisioni rupestri del ''bos primigenius'' chiesa medioevale di ''Maria S.S. di Costantinopoli''



Rivello

Rivello is important for Saint Antonio Convent (XVI cen.), the old town full of churches, sixteenth century frescos and ancient workshops, the "Longobardo Motta" hill overlooking the whole landscape.


dipinto raffigurante l'Ultima Cena Coro ligneo (XVI sec.) Vista di Rivello...



San Costantino Albanese

Visiting Albanian villages: San Costantino Albanese, with its main church, where Greek rite is still celebrated, and the Saint Maria della Stella's sanctuary (XVI cen.); San Paolo Albanese the smallest village of Basilicata that has kept Albanian origin and Greek-Byzantine rite. (We can visit "Arbereshe" culture museum).


lavorazione delle ginestre... costumi tipici arbereshe... nel museo di San Paolo Albanese...



San Lorenzo Carthusian

Visiting "San Lorenzo Carthusian", founded in the XIII century, a moment to know, about two hours, the "Benedettini" monks' life and to admire religion and contemplation places like cloister, bookshop, with Vietri's pottery floor, chapels with marbles and plasters, monks' cell, appreciating works and meditation life, cloistered garden, wide kitchen , wine cellars with huge barrels, laundries and outside farming, the Western Lucania archaeological museum too with finds found during archaeological excavations carried out next to Sala Consilina and Padula necropolis.


Certosa di Padula Certosa di Padula



Pertosa Grottos

Pertosa Grottos are natural cavity, derived from "carsici" phenomena, its origin about 35 million years ago, unique in Italy. An unusual trip, 200 metres by boat on a small lake, the Negro looking "carsiche" cavities with myriad of stalactites and stalagmites.


Grotte di Pertosa Grotte di Pertosa



Lucanian Dolomiti

Castelmezzano is one of the most beautiful 37 village in Italy embedded between spires and peaks, in front of Pietrapertosa, the higgest village in Basilicata, surrounded by magnificent unusual peaked huge rocks.


Castelmezzano Pietrapertosa



Wine-Gastronomy products...

Basilicata, region with authentic tastes and gastronomic traditions. Organic farming methods and uncontaminated pastures produce cheese as Moliterno's ewe cheese (canestrato), "podolico" caciocavallo, cacioricotta; wine as Aglianico; foods as the "cruski" (dry) peppers, the sopressata (salami), home made pasta, the bread cooked in dutch oven.


Prodotti tipici lucani L'uva con cui si produce l'Aglianico...



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