Palazzo San Gervasio ( Lucano: ) is a small agricultural 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 The Province of Potenza ( it, Provincia di Potenza; Potentino: ) is a province in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Potenza. Geography It has an area of and a total population of 369,538 (as of 2017). There a ...

, in the Southern Italian region of

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. It is bounded by the comuni (

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) 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 ...

Banzi Banzi ( Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, Basilicata, southern Italy. Called ''Bantia'' in antiquity, it was the site of the find of the bronze tablet known as the Tabula Bantina The Tabula Bantina ( Latin for "Tab ...

Forenza Forenza ( Lucano: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Potenza, Basilicata, southern Italy. It is bounded by the comuni of Acerenza, Avigliano, Filiano, Ginestra, Maschito, Palazzo San Gervasio, Pietragalla, Ripacandida Ripacandid ...

Genzano di Lucania Genzano di Lucania (Neapolitan language, Genzanese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, Basilicata, southern Italy. References External links Google Map of Genzano di Lucania
Cities and towns in Basilicata {{Basili ...

Maschito Maschito ( aae, Mashqiti; Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Potenza, in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. Like other towns in the Vulture area, Maschito was repopulated by Albanian refugees after the occupation of Alb ...

Spinazzola Spinazzola is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, southern Italy. People *Pope Innocent XII was born here in the castle of the Pignatelli family, now destroyed. * Michele Ruggieri (1543–1607), Jesuit mis ...

, and

Venosa Venosa ( Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, in the Vulture area. It is bounded by the comuni of Barile, Ginestra, Lavello, Maschito, Montemilone, Palazzo San Gervasio, ...

. While the regional Lucanian dialect is still spoken amongst the older inhabitants, it has largely been replaced because the younger generations have been taught the standard form of Italian in school. The town was allegedly founded in the early Middle Ages, after the nearby town of Banzi was destroyed by a

Saracen upright 1.5, Late 15th-century German woodcut depicting Saracens Saracen ( ) was a term used in the early centuries, both in Greek and Latin writings, to refer to the people who lived in and near what was designated by the Romans as Arabia Pe ...

attack.

References

External links

Il dialetto Lucano - The dialect of the Lucania
Cities and towns in Basilicata {{Basilicata-geo-stub