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Calvello (Lucano: ) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata, known for its traditional production of artistic ceramics. It is bounded by the towns of Abriola, Anzi, Laurenzana, Marsico Nuovo, Marsicovetere, Viggiano.

Key facts

Italian comune.name
Calvello
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Calvello
Italian comune.image_skyline
Calvello_2.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption
View of Calvello
Italian comune.image_shield
Calvello-Stemma.png
Italian comune.region
Basilicata
Italian comune.province
Potenza (PZ)
Italian comune.mayor
Anna Cantisani
Italian comune.area_total_km2
106.4
Italian comune.population_total
2231
Italian comune.population_as_of
1996
Italian comune.population_demonym
Calvellesi
Italian comune.elevation_m
730
Italian comune.istat
076015
Italian comune.saint
Saint Nicholas
Italian comune.day
December 6
Italian comune.postal_code
85010
Italian comune.area_code
0971

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Official name
Calvello
Demonym
calvellesi
Population
1768
Area
106.4
Elevation
730
Image
Calvello 2.jpg
Dialing code
0971
Licence plate code
PZ
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postal code
85010
Commons category
Calvello
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Calvello (Lucano: ) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata, known for its traditional production of artistic ceramics. It is bounded by the towns of Abriola, Anzi, Laurenzana, Marsico Nuovo, Marsicovetere, Viggiano.

== Main sights == Castle, known from as early as the Norman period (11th century). It was held, among others, by the Carafa and Sanseverino families. Church and convent of Santa Maria de Piano The Sant'Antuono bridge is an arc-shaped stone structure. It is named after the little Church built by the inhabitants of the river dedicated to St. Anthony the Great, commonly known as St. Antuono. This construction was carried out at the beginning of 1200, by local craftsmen under the technical direction of Benedictine monks, skilled engineers, pontiffs and architects. The bridge had the purpose of facilitating safe exchange between the residents of Plan and those of the Sant'Antuono district, which in earlier times were accessed with uncertain and shaky walkways. The bridge was built on the river "La Terra", a stream of continuous flow; Calvello is one of the few towns in the region bathed in a watercourse of this kind. The bridge had not undergone any alterations due to weather and natural events until the early twentieth century, so that today the condition of the bridge is good, even though the interventions subsequently affected the beauty of the work as a whole.

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