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Lucania was a historical region of Southern Italy, corresponding to the modern-day region of Basilicata. It was the land of the Lucani , an Oscan people. It extended from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Gulf of Taranto .
Basilicata (UK: / b ə ˌ s ɪ l ɪ ˈ k ɑː t ə /, [3] US: /-ˌ z ɪ l-/; [4] Italian: [baziliˈkaːta]), also known by its ancient name Lucania (/ l uː ˈ k eɪ n i ə /, US also / l uː ˈ k ɑː n j ə /, [5] [6] Italian: [luˈkaːnja]), is an administrative region in Southern Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south.
During 1956 and 1957, Albano served as the destination for Ernesto de Martino's ethnographic expedition to Basilicata. Specifically, from July 31 to August 17, 1956, the focus was on studying popular songs and funeral rituals, followed by a broader survey from May 15 to June 10, 1957, including neighboring areas, on healers and their clients.
Potenza (/ p ə ˈ t ɛ n z ə /, also US: / p oʊ ˈ t ɛ n t s ɑː /; [4] [5] Italian: [poˈtɛntsa] ⓘ; Neapolitan: Putenza, Potentino dialect: Putenz) is a comune in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata (former Lucania).
Castelmezzano (Castelmezzano dialect: Castrëmënzànë) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.It is bounded by the comuni of Albano di Lucania, Anzi, Laurenzana, Pietrapertosa, Trivigno.
Lauria is a town and comune of the province of Potenza, in Basilicata, southern Italy, situated near the borders of Calabria. It is a walled, medieval town on the steep side of a hill, with another portion of municipal territory in the plain below. It is historically the largest city in the southwestern Lucania region.
Savoia di Lucania (Lucano: Savòie) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. As of 2011 its population was of 1,148. As of 2011 its population was of 1,148.
Pandosia (Ancient Greek: Πανδοσία) was an ancient city in Bruttium, in what is now Calabria, southern Italy. According to Livy it was situated near the border between Bruttium and Lucania (now Basilicata). [1] Strabo writes it was located in Bruttium, a "little above" Consentia (modern Cosenza). [2]