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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.
Mount Lucania in Yukon is the third-highest mountain in Canada (5240 metres), and the second-highest mountain located entirely within the country (the summit of Mount Saint Elias, Canada's second highest peak, is shared with the US state of Alaska).
Location: Policoro, Province of Matera, Basilicata, Italy: Region: Magna Graecia: ... Map of ancient Lucania showing Heraclea (center right) It was a Greek colony, ...
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).
Satriano di Lucania is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Key events in the town include the Carnival , folk festivals and the renowned murales .
Blanda (Greek: Βλάνδα), and later Blanda Julia, was an ancient city of Lucania now located at Palecastro di Tortora, Province of Cosenza, Italy. It was mentioned by Ptolemy among the inland towns of that province; but placed both by Pliny and Mela on or near the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Location of Genzano di Lucania. Genzano di Lucania. ... Genzano di Lucania (Genzanese: Ienzàne) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, Basilicata, ...