Pescopagano
Sign in to savePescopagano (Lucano: ) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the region of Basilicata (southern Italy). It is bounded by the comuni of Cairano, Calitri, Castelgrande, Castelnuovo di Conza, Conza della Campania, Laviano, Rapone, Sant'Andrea di Conza, Santomenna.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Pescopagano
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Pescopagano
- Italian comune.native_name
- Petra Pagana
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Pescopagano-Stemma.gif
- Italian comune.pushpin_map_alt
- 1 Km
- Italian comune.region
- Basilicata
- Italian comune.province
- Potenza (PZ)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Caperroni, Nerico, Bosco delle Rose, Focarete, Piano Marzano
- Italian comune.mayor
- Crescenzo Schettini
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 69.84
- Italian comune.population_total
- 1844
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 March 2018
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Pescopaganesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 954
- Italian comune.istat
- 076058
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Francis of Paola
- Italian comune.day
- June 30
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 85020
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Pescopagano (Lucano: ) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the region of Basilicata (southern Italy). It is bounded by the comuni of Cairano, Calitri, Castelgrande, Castelnuovo di Conza, Conza della Campania, Laviano, Rapone, Sant'Andrea di Conza, Santomenna.
==Main sights== Source: ''Torre dell'Orologio'' (Watch Tower), built on the ancient Porta Sibilla (Sybil's Gate) of the walls. It houses a Roman bust of Ianus. Il castello (the Castle) was more properly an ancient fortress under Conza. Church of San Giovanni Battista (970). Church of Montemauro. Church of San Leonardo. Church of SS. Annunziata. Church of San Lorenzo in Tufara and adjacent abbey ruins. Church of SS. Incoronata. Church of Madonna delle Grazie (once dedicated to Saint Antony).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pescopagano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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