Marsicovetere
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Italian. (January 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Marsicovetere | |
---|---|
Comune di Marsicovetere | |
Coordinates: 40°22′N 15°50′E / 40.367°N 15.833°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Basilicata |
Province | Potenza (PZ) |
Frazioni | Barricelle, Villa d'Agri |
Government | |
• Mayor | Marco Zipparri |
Area | |
• Total | 37.82 km2 (14.60 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,037 m (3,402 ft) |
Population (30 September 2017)[2] | |
• Total | 5,543 |
• Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
Demonym | Marsicoveteresi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 85050 |
Dialing code | 0975 |
Patron saint | St. Bernardino of Siena |
Saint day | May 20 |
Website | Official website |
Marsicovetere (Lucano: Marsëcuvètrë) is a town of and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.
Geography
It is bounded by the comuni of Calvello, Grumento Nova, Marsico Nuovo, Paterno, Tramutola and Viggiano.[3]
Historically important is the historic center, the old Marsicovetere, although the most population resides today in Villa d'Agri, a hamlet (frazione) representing the new part of the town, at 600 metres (2,000 ft) of elevation. The other municipal hamlet is Barricelle.
History
Marsicovetere was an ancient city of the Marsi in the Agri River valley, later conquered by the Romans. In the year 1000 it was seat of a county. In 1498 King Frederick IV of Naples donated it to the Caracciolo family, who held it until 1777 save a brief parenthesis under the Di Palmas. In 1860 it was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy.
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ 40449 Marsicovetere on OpenStreetMap
External links
Media related to Marsicovetere at Wikimedia Commons
- Geography articles needing translation from Italian Wikipedia
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Articles containing Italian-language text
- Coordinates on Wikidata
- Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia
- Pages using infobox settlement with image map1 but not image map
- Articles containing Neapolitan-language text
- Commons category link is on Wikidata
- Cities and towns in Basilicata
- Municipalities of the Province of Potenza
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with MusicBrainz area identifiers
- All stub articles
- Basilicata geography stubs
- Pages using the Kartographer extension