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Basilicata is the most mountainous region in the south of Italy, with 47% of its area of 9,992 km 2 (3,858 sq mi) covered by mountains. Of the remaining area, 45% is hilly, and 8% is made up of plains.
The cuisine of Basilicata, or Lucanian cuisine, is the cuisine of the Basilicata region of Italy. It is mainly based on the use of pork and sheep meat, legumes, cereals and vegetables, with the addition of aromas such as hot peppers, powdered raw peppers and horseradish.
La Basilicata (AFI: /baziliˈkata/) è una regione italiana a statuto ordinario dell'Italia meridionale con capoluogo Potenza. Conta 532 726 abitanti. È detta anche Lucania, denominazione che fu ufficiale dal 1932 al 1947 oltre a identificare anticamente una regione dai confini differenti, che inglobava gran parte di quella odierna.
Basilicata is a mountainous region in Italy. Though most of the mountains are arid and craggy, the Lucanian Dolomites are a particularly nice area of the Apennines. This area is highly wooded and has a number of picturesque little lakes.
As a visitor, you'll find that Basilicata has much to offer. There's an abundance of religious, historical, and cultural attractions, fantastic seaside tourism opportunities, and great cultural opportunities. As is the case throughout Southern Italy, the pace of life is slow and relaxed.
Basilicata, region, southern Italy, along the Golfo di Taranto (Gulf of Taranto), consisting of the provinces of Potenza and Matera. Bounded by the regions of Puglia (north and east), Calabria (south), and Campania (west), Basilicata is roughly divided into a western mountainous section, dominated.
Map showing the top cities of Basilicata in southern Italy, a travel guide to the southern Italian region of rock-cut churches, ghost towns, and fabulous festivals.
Basilicata. Italy, Europe. Much of Basilicata is an otherworldly landscape of mountain ranges, trackless forests and villages that seem to sprout organically from the granite. Not easily penetrated, it is strategically located, and has been dominated by the Lucanians, Greeks, Romans, Germans, Lombards, Byzantines, Saracens, Normans and others.
Basilicata is in very southern Italy and borders the regions of Calabria, Puglia, and Campania as well as both the Tyrrhenian Sea and Ionian Sea. There is one UNESCO World Heritage Site in Basilicata – the ancient cave dwellings of Matera – though there are two more on the tentative list.
Alla scoperta di una regione unica, tra natura e cultura, mare e montagna, città d'arte e piccoli borghi. Matera, Patrimonio Unesco.
