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Irsina, until 1895 called Montepeloso (in local dialect: or ), is a town, comune (municipality) and former Latin bishopric in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

Key facts

Italian comune.name
Irsina
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Irsina
Italian comune.native_name
Montepelòse or Mondepelòse
Italian comune.image_skyline
IrsinaNK.jpg
Italian comune.image_shield
Irsina-Stemma.svg
Italian comune.province
Matera (MT)
Italian comune.frazioni
Borgo Taccone Santa Maria d'Irsi
Italian comune.mayor
Nicola Massimo Morea
Italian comune.area_total_km2
263.47
Italian comune.population_total
4965
Italian comune.population_as_of
31 May 2015
Italian comune.population_demonym
Irsinesi
Italian comune.elevation_m
548
Italian comune.istat
077013
Italian comune.saint
Saint Euphemia
Italian comune.day
16 September
Italian comune.postal_code
75022
Italian comune.area_code
0835

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • The town
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Change of name to Irsina
  • Modern town
  • Climate
  • Festivals
  • Festival of Piety, Pizzicanto (last weekend in May)
  • Festival of Saint Roch (15–17 August)
  • Festival of Saint Eufemia, (14 – 17 September)
  • Gio: Maria Trabaci Festival
  • Main sights
  • Notable residents
  • Twin towns
  • References

Irsina, until 1895 called Montepeloso (in local dialect: or ), is a town, comune (municipality) and former Latin bishopric in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").

==The town== thumb|left|View of Irsina's old town

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Irsina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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On the map

2 mapped locations