Vietri di Potenza
Encyclopedia
Vietri di Potenza is a town and comune
in the province of Potenza
, in the Basilicata
region of southern Italy
.
, Caggiano
, Picerno
, Romagnano al Monte
, Salvitelle
and Savoia di Lucania
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
in the province of Potenza
Province of Potenza
The Province of Potenza is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Potenza.-Geography:It has an area of 6,545 km² and a total population of 387,107 . There are 100 comuni in the province .-History:In 272 B.C. the province was conquered by the Greek army...
, in the Basilicata
Basilicata
Basilicata , also known as Lucania, is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south, having one short southwestern coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea between Campania in the northwest and Calabria in the southwest, and a...
region of southern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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Geography
The town is bordered by BalvanoBalvano
Balvano is a small city and a commune in the province of Potenza .The recent history of Balvano is connected to several catastrophes. In 1944, a steam train stalled in a nearby railway tunnel, suffocating 426 passengers. It was also one of the towns nearly destroyed by the 1980 Irpinia earthquake....
, Caggiano
Caggiano
Caggiano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....
, Picerno
Picerno
Picerno is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Balvano, Baragiano, Potenza, Ruoti, Savoia di Lucania, Tito, Vietri di Potenza....
, Romagnano al Monte
Romagnano al Monte
Romagnano al Monte is a village and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy.-History:The village was destroyed in the Irpinia earthquake of 1980 and rebuilt a few kilometers away...
, Salvitelle
Salvitelle
Salvitelle is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southwestern Italy.- Monuments and Places of Interest :*Chapel of St. Sebastian ,*Church of SS. Rosario ,*Church of the Holy Spirit ,...
and Savoia di Lucania
Savoia di Lucania
Savoia di Lucania is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.It is bounded by the comuni of Caggiano, Picerno, Sant'Angelo Le Fratte, Satriano di Lucania, Tito, Vietri di Potenza.-History:...
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