Parco Regionale
Parco Regionale in Basilicata
6 towns
Basilicata holds 6 Parco Regionale sites inside our catalogue. They are in the Potenza and Matera provinces.
The three most recognized in our catalogue are Matera, Accettura, and Castelmezzano. 3 more towns carry the mark alongside them.
The towns
Matera
Province: Matera · 401 m
Cave dwellings carved into limestone since the Paleolithic, called the shame of Italy in the 1950s and made European Capital of Culture in 2019.
Accettura
Province: Matera · 770 m
A 770-meter village in the Gallipoli Cognato park where, each Pentecost, a Turkey oak is married to a holly tree.
Castelmezzano
Province: Potenza · 750 m
A medieval village wedged into sandstone teeth at 750 meters, linked to Pietrapertosa by a zipline of about 1.4 km since 2007.
Melfi
Province: Potenza · 530 m
At 530 meters on volcanic slopes, first Norman capital of the south and seat of a landmark 1231 legal code issued from its castle.
Pietrapertosa
Province: Potenza · 1,088 m
Basilicata's highest commune at 1,088 meters, built into the Lucanian Dolomites with a Saracen rock-cut fortress and a zipline of about 1.4 km to Castelmezzano.
San Fele
Province: Potenza · 872 m
A stone village at 872 meters between two peaks, where a 969 fortress and ten waterfalls along the Bradano still define the place.
From elsewhere in Italy
Five more towns
Venafro
Province: Isernia
A 222-meter town near the Lazio border where an emperor founded a colony and Pliny called the local oil the best in the Empire.
Campli
Province: Teramo
A 393-meter town under the Monti della Laga, held by the Farnese for two centuries, with a Scala Santa carrying papal indulgence.
Castell'Arquato
Province: Piacenza
A 224-meter hilltop borgo in the Val d'Arda, kept intact since the tenth century and crowned by Luchino Visconti's 1342 fortress.
Ronciglione
Province: Viterbo
A tufa-brick borgo above Lake Vico, fortified by the Prefects of Vico and crowned Borgo dei Borghi in 2023.
Rieti
Province: Rieti
The Sabine capital on the Velino, claimed as the center of Italy, under Monte Terminillo and the Franciscan sanctuaries of the Valle Santa.