Pomarico

Pomarico
Comune
Comune di Pomarico
Pomarico

Location of Pomarico in Italy

Coordinates: 40°31′N 16°33′E / 40.517°N 16.550°E / 40.517; 16.550Coordinates: 40°31′N 16°33′E / 40.517°N 16.550°E / 40.517; 16.550
Country Italy
Region Basilicata
Province Province of Matera (MT)
Area
  Total 128 km2 (49 sq mi)
Elevation 459 m (1,506 ft)
Population
  Total 4,451
  Density 35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Pomaricani
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 75016
Dialing code 0835
Patron saint San Michele Arcangelo
Saint day 8 maggio
Website Official website

Pomarico (Greek: Pomerikon) is a small town of 4500 inhabitants in Southern Italy, in the region Basilicata. It is about 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Matera, the capital of the province to which Pomarico belongs.

History

The town was founded about 850 AD by Greeks. An old castle was built but only few ruins of it remain.

Main sights

Notable people

The most known citizens of Pomarico were Niccolò Fiorentino (lawyer and patriot during the Neapolitan Revolution, 1799) and Francesco Caggiani (awarded with a gold medal during the World War I).

The elementary school in the city is named in honor of Caggiani.

Franco Selvaggi, member of the 1982 Italy side that won the World Cup, was from Pomarico. Giuseppe Gargano, immigrant to New York returned and donated first ambulance for the city.

Antonio Bonavista (1967–2011) was a brilliant Art teacher, a fervent Historian, an experienced Politician. An enthusiastic scholar of Antonio Vivaldi (an Italian Baroque composer), he discovered Pomarican origins of the composer's mother, Camilla Calicchio, who was from Pomarico.

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