Oppido Lucano (
Oppidano: ; la, Oppidum; osc, Opinum, script=Latn) is a town and ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' in the
province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of
Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of
Acerenza
Acerenza ( Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.
History
With its strategic position above sea-level, Acerenza has been sacked by a series of invaders.
The town, then kno ...
,
Cancellara,
Genzano di Lucania,
Irsina
Irsina, until 1895 called Montepeloso (in local dialect: or ), is a town, ''comune'' (municipality) and former Latin bishopric in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.
The town
Irsina is an agricultural town p ...
and
Tolve
Tolve is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.
History
Remains of pre-historic (Neolithic) settlements have been found in the nearby. In early historic times, the area was inhabited town ...
.
Main sights
*Church and Convent of St. Anthony
*Rock church of St. Antuono
*
Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
castle, likely built in 1047-1051
People
*
Obadiah the Proselyte
References
Cities and towns in Basilicata
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