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ERASMUS+KA2 moving2health. OUR REGION BASILICATA Liceo Scientifico G.Galilei –Potenza Italy. Italy. Our country is famous for having the shape of a boot. Italy → Basilicata. Our region, Basilicata, is between the heel and the tip of this boot. Italy → Basilicata.
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ERASMUS+KA2moving2health OUR REGION BASILICATA Liceo Scientifico G.Galilei –Potenza Italy
Italy Our country is famous for having the shape of a boot.
Italy → Basilicata Our region, Basilicata, is between the heel and the tip of this boot.
Italy → Basilicata Basilicata is on two separate coasts: the rocky Tyrrhenian coast on the westside and the sandy Ionic coast on the eastside. It has also got two names: The second name is Lucania, that's why we are called Lucani.
Economy ... What does Basilicata live on?
The region's economy is based on agriculture , animal -farming
Economy ... and on the activities of small and medium enterprises: especially food industries ( such as oil mills, wineries, pasta factories).
Economy ... On the other hand Basilicata is rich in hydrocarbons, particularly methane, in the Basento Valley, and oil, in Val d' Agri. Here there is the greatest oilfield of Europe (a production estimated in 104.000 barrels, up to 10% of the national requirement).
Economy ... New job perspectives have come from FIAT car factory settled in Melfi in 1993.
Magna Grecia Places of interest ... In Basilicata there are places and monuments that testify the richness of its history and the variety of peoples that lived here.
Places of interest ... Matera is the second town in Basilicata A Unesco Heritage Site European cultural city in 2019 MATERA
Places of interest ... Matera’s cathedral and the rocky churches carved in the mountain
Places of interest ... The “Dolomiti lucane “take their name from their conformation similar to the Dolomites in northern Italy. DOLOMITI LUCANE
Places of interest ... Maratea is on the Tyrrhenian coast. It is characterized by a beautiful sea and a fantastic statue of Saint Biagio similar to the statue in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. MARATEA
Places of interest ... You can find medieval castles all over the region.Most of them of Norman origins CASTLES
Places of interest ... Potenza is the capital of Basilicata. POTENZA
Places of interest ... Its churches POTENZA
Places of interest ... And old town gates POTENZA
Places of interest ... • Torre Guevara. • Palazzo Loffredo, a 17th century noble residence now the seat of "Dinu Adamesteanu“ National Archaeological Museum. • A Roman bridge on the Basento river. POTENZA
the University of Basilicata, established in 1982has faculties both in Potenza and Matera
Wow !!!!!!!! How active are you?? Sport ... Are you an active sporting person?
Sport ... In Basilicata you can practise many different sports. There are many beautiful ski resorts. SKIING
Sport ... YOU CAN PRACTISE RAFTING AND TREKKING…
Sport ... . ROWING & SAILING
Sport ... Are you fearless? Nowadays on the” Dolomiti Lucane” it is possible to practiSe the so-called “Angel Flight” thanks to an innovative kit suspended on a steel cable 400m high that allows you to”fly” from Castelmezzano to Pietrapertosa. ANGEL FLIGHT
Food ... We have a strong culinary tradition coming from our rural culture...
Festivals ... Basilicata is a land of ancient traditions: Dances and events to propitiate a good agricultural year...like the “Maggio” in Accettura.
Festivals ... Religious festi
Leonardo Da Vinci (!?!?!?) ... Do you know the latest news?? Recently,in a noble mansion in Basilicata , a self-portrait by Leonardo Da Vinci has been discovered. The painting is now on display in the museum of Vaglio Basilicata, a small village near Potenza.