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Basilicata |
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It has a great environmental diversity and is divided into five different sub-areas: Vulture-Melfese; Potentini / Dolomites lucane north-west with a prevalence of woods and mountains; Lagonegrese, Pollino and Val d'Agri in the south-west which is the true mountain Lucana; Hill Materana in the middle east which has a hill and high hill with a large proportion of clay and barren badlands; Metapontino south-south-east which is a vast alluvial plain where we practice intensive agriculture to industrial. |
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| From View: The "Sassi of Matera" neighborhoods are carved in the rock and carved in a deep gorge formed by the walls of tufa of brook Gravina. The "Sassi" is considered a World Heritage Site and is protected by Unesco. National Museum of Siritide: Policoro is located in the province of Matera and includes materials from archaeological excavations of Siris and Heraclea, town 'Greek of the fifth century, and location' of the coast of Lucania. Norman castle of Melfi: In the eleventh century Norman Castle and 'set up a museum in which are preserved prehistoric artefacts, materials tomb, gold, Greek vases. Pollino National Park, shared with the Calabria extends to 200,000 hectares and covers 66 municipalities including 22 in the province of Potenza and 2 in the province of Matera. It 'been established as the Pollino National Park in 1985 and as a National Park in 1990 with the addition of territories calabresi (32 are in the province of Crotone). In the park you can visit various monuments and archaeological ruins of castles and fortresses of fortifications, of convents, monasteries, shrines, churches and chapels, islands language of Albanian origin. Maratea, in the province of Potenza, is a popular holiday resort and is the only outlet in the region on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Maratea is called the "Pearl of the Tyrrhenian Sea" for the beauty of its coastline which is located on the marina. Is also known as the city of 44 churches, rich in precious artistic. |
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| Cuisine and Wines: The food of Basilicata is influenced by the culinary traditions of the neighboring regions (Campania, Puglia and Calabria). The flavors are pungent characteristic: the red pepper, herbs.
For the sauce is almost exclusively used olive oil and butter is ignored. Basic element is the pork: the lucani are real experts in dealing with hams, sausages, bacon and capicollo. Typical dishes are, for example cotechino, fried pork, peppers with pork, black pudding. A curiosity: the sausage that in many regions is called "luganega" is a native of the region and takes its name from Lucania. In addition to pork, it's also used the meat of sheep and lamb. Among the fish dishes remind soups seafood, eels, trout and cod in the oven. As for first courses, the star of every meal is the pasta in its many forms: among the most common are orecchiette, cavatelli, strozzapreti, fusilli and strascinate. Typical of Basilicata are the 'fusilli with fava beans' Among other specialties are lucane cheese quote: scamorza, provola and ricotta. Diffusa preparing cheese, a cheese that owes its name to the method of maturing: the forms are coupled and secured a 'horse' a bastone. I three most famous wines of Basilicata all come from the Vulture and Aglianico, red , Muscat, white, sparkling, and Malvasia, a typical dessert wine. L'Aglianico, ottimo con le carni, č l'unico ad aver ottenuto il riconoscimento della denominazione di origine controllata. Aglianico, excellent with meat, is the only one to have obtained the appellation of origin. Among the other wines worth reporting Aleatico of Rionero. |
