Moliterno
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Comune in Basilicata, Italy
Moliterno Mulitiernu | |
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Comune | |
Comune di Moliterno | |
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Location of Moliterno ![]() | |
40°14′32.1″N 15°52′2.5″E / 40.242250°N 15.867361°E / 40.242250; 15.867361 | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Basilicata |
Province | Potenza (PZ) |
Frazioni | Fontana D'Eboli, Piano Di Maglie, Rimintiello, Tempa Del Conte |
Government | |
• Mayor | Giuseppe Tancredi |
Area [1] | |
• Total | 97.63 km2 (37.70 sq mi) |
Elevation | 879 m (2,884 ft) |
Population (31 December 2009)[2] | |
• Total | 4,345 |
• Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Demonym | Moliternesi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 85047 |
Dialing code | 0975 |
Patron saint | St Dominic |
Saint day | August 4 |
Website | Official website |
Moliterno (Lucano: Mulitiernu) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Castelsaraceno, Grumento Nova, Lagonegro, Lauria, Montesano sulla Marcellana, Sarconi, Tramutola.
History
Tradition states that Moliterno was built after the destruction of Grumentum by the Saracens, which occurred between 872 and 975. Several Grumentini, who had escaped the massacre, settled around a tower built by the Lombards. Moliterno was later a possession of the Normans.
Main sights
Churches
- Chiesa Madre, inside it houses the painting of The Deposition, attributed to the 17th-century painter Pietrafesa.
- Chiesa del Rosario
- Chiesa della Trinità
- Chiesa Santa Croce
Chapels
- Madonna del Carmine
- Chiesa Santa Barbara
- Cappella di San Pietro
- Chiesa di San Rocco
- Cappella dell' Angelo
See also
- Moliterno (cheese)
References
External links
- (in English)Moliterno Genealogy(Marriages index 1866–1910, Selected Deaths 1866–1880)[dead link](Archived)
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- Abriola
- Acerenza
- Albano di Lucania
- Anzi
- Armento
- Atella
- Avigliano
- Balvano
- Banzi
- Baragiano
- Barile
- Bella
- Brienza
- Brindisi Montagna
- Calvello
- Calvera
- Campomaggiore
- Cancellara
- Carbone
- Castelgrande
- Castelluccio Inferiore
- Castelluccio Superiore
- Castelmezzano
- Castelsaraceno
- Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea
- Cersosimo
- Chiaromonte
- Corleto Perticara
- Episcopia
- Fardella
- Filiano
- Forenza
- Francavilla in Sinni
- Gallicchio
- Genzano di Lucania
- Ginestra
- Grumento Nova
- Guardia Perticara
- Lagonegro
- Latronico
- Laurenzana
- Lauria
- Lavello
- Maratea
- Marsico Nuovo
- Marsicovetere
- Maschito
- Melfi
- Missanello
- Moliterno
- Montemilone
- Montemurro
- Muro Lucano
- Nemoli
- Noepoli
- Oppido Lucano
- Palazzo San Gervasio
- Paterno
- Pescopagano
- Picerno
- Pietragalla
- Pietrapertosa
- Pignola
- Potenza
- Rapolla
- Rapone
- Rionero in Vulture
- Ripacandida
- Rivello
- Roccanova
- Rotonda
- Ruoti
- Ruvo del Monte
- San Chirico Nuovo
- San Chirico Raparo
- San Costantino Albanese
- San Fele
- San Martino d'Agri
- San Paolo Albanese
- San Severino Lucano
- Sant'Angelo Le Fratte
- Sant'Arcangelo
- Sarconi
- Sasso di Castalda
- Satriano di Lucania
- Savoia di Lucania
- Senise
- Spinoso
- Teana
- Terranova di Pollino
- Tito
- Tolve
- Tramutola
- Trecchina
- Trivigno
- Vaglio Basilicata
- Venosa
- Vietri di Potenza
- Viggianello
- Viggiano
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