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BOOK HOTEL ROOMS & ACCOMMODATIONS HERE NOW! Hotel Rooms & Accommodations with Fast Secure Reservations engine Provided by our Partner Booking.com @no extra costs! South Italy and most of its little villages, is an area so little known to the European tourism yet in a delightful land wealthy of natural beauties, such as the Arch of Arcomagno, a natural arch of rock, entrance to an attractive coved beach, with calm turquoise sea; the Faraglioni of Capri, beautiful sea rocks in the sea of Capri, one of many in the Amalfi Coast; or the Etna Volcano, still active and one of Sicily's biggest tourist attractions. History and architecture are also very important factors of southern Italy's culture and tourist attractions, like the temple ruins of Agrigento - Sicily; Capri offering one of Italy's most beautiful piazzas (town square) in the middle of town, Piazzetta, completely closed up, giving the impression of a courtyard, surrounded by many shops and cafes and the Torre dell'Orologio (Tower of Clock); or the over 40 mt. high statue of the Christ in Maratea situated on a hill over 300 mt. high offering a most breath-taking site over the port of Maratea. Another great piece of southern Italy history, from Calabria to be exact, is the Bronzi di Riace: two magnificent bronze, human-size, male statues, found in the gulf of Riace, now showing in the museum of Reggio Calabria, representing the Greek conception of heroism and beauty for their classical composure and dynamic vitality. Great tourist attractions for both rural and coastal holidays are also the town of Rivello, based on the graceful Basilicata mountains with its typical hystorical houses that can be found in all old parts of most of southern Italy's towns, and the Trulli, typical Apulia houses with cone shaped roofs. Not to mention the delicious cuisine and friendly people, all part of a world waiting to be explored and taken advantage of.













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Potenza - Travel and Holiday to south Italy, accommodation by the sea or rural

POTENZA - BASILICATA - SOUTH ITALY

The city is located on a ridge of the Apennines north of the Lucane Dolomites in the valley of Basento, crossed by the river of the same name and surrounded by a number of the highest mountains such as mountains Li Foj. The old medieval heart, the historic town district, is located in the upper part of the city, while modern and extended neighborhoods have sprung lower. Probably, the first location of the city was at an altitude of 1,095mt. above sea level, in the area now called Serra di Vaglio. In the following period, the settlement may have moved, for unknown reasons, on the hill where the historic town centre is currently located.

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The city center is in Piazza Matteotti, on which overlooks Town Hall, crossed by the Via Pretoria, busy city street in the center that widens in the central Piazza Mario Pagano, known by the people of Potenza as the Piazza Prefettura, that hosts the nineteenth-century palace of the prefect, now the residence of the Prefect and the base of the provincial offices. In the same square is the famous Teatro Stabile, built in 1856 and opened in 1865 due to an interruption of work due to earthquakes, frequent in the area. In the most downstream of the hill on which the city stands, however, have come to form several residential neighborhoods, commercial and popular areas that have made the most important city in its role as the capital, greatly contributing to its development.

Recently discovered in the area Gallitello, the Archaeological Site is the most important site ever discovered in the urban context of Potenza. Thanks to the excavations for the construction of the complex knot of Gallitello , it was possible to confirm the presence of a residential complex, located at the confluence of the two rivers Basento and Gallitello. At present investigations this settlement would seem to grow in at least six rectangular rooms of which are partly preserved outer walls, occupying an area of ??about 300 square meters. This would be an old farmhouse functional to the agricultural exploitation of the area. The examination of ceramic artefacts and other remains found does suggest a date between the late fourth and early decades of the third century BC , to be related with the settlement of Lucaniat a time earlier than the Romanization of the territory. The complex, which is one of the very few discoveries made to date in the underground city is still being excavated.