Basilicata

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administrative territorial entity region of Italy

Basilicata is a sparsely populated, mountainous region in southern Italy known for its ancient cave dwellings in Matera and its historic role within the broader area of Magna Graecia.

Aliases (1)

Basilicata region ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity → region of Italy →
bordersWith	Calabria → Campania → Gulf of Taranto → Puglia → Tyrrhenian Sea →
capital	Potenza →
coastOn	Ionian Sea → Tyrrhenian Sea →
contains	Appennino Lucano Val d’Agri Lagonegrese National Park → Gallipoli Cognato Piccole Dolomiti Lucane Regional Park → Matera → Pollino National Park → Sassi di Matera →
containsArchaeologicalSite	Grumentum → Heraclea Lucania → Metapontum →
country	Italy →
countrySubdivisionType	regione →
economySector	agriculture → oil extraction → tourism →
hasCity	Matera → Potenza →
hasProvince	Province of Matera → Province of Potenza →
hasUNESCOSite	Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera →
historicalAssociation	Magna Graecia →
historicalRegion	Lucania →
ISO3166-2Code	IT-BAS →
knownFor	ancient cave dwellings in Matera → historic towns → mountain landscapes →
largestCity	Potenza →
locatedIn	Southern Italy →
mountainRange	Lucan Apennines →
officialLanguage	Italian →
partOf	Mezzogiorno →
populationCharacteristic	sparsely populated →
regionalDemonym	Basilicatesi → Lucanian →
regionalSeat	Potenza →
terrain	mountainous →
timeZone	Central European Summer Time → Central European Time →
traditionalName	Lucania →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Calabria → Campania → Tyrrhenian Sea →	borders
Bantia → Metapontum →	locatedIn
Apennines →	crossesRegion
Apulia →	hasBorderWith
Southern Italy →	hasPart
Lucani →	locatedInPresentDay
Lucania →	modernEquivalent
Bantia ("Basilicata region") →	modernSiteNear
Kingdom of Sicily →	territoryIncludes
Magna Graecia →	todayPartlyLocatedIn