Craco.
The origins of Craco date from the VIII century
B.C. It is mentioned by the name of ‘Graculum’
in official documents of 1188. In the XV century,
it was a feud belonging to Attendolo Sforza di Cotignola.
Interesting is the ‘Borgo antico’,
the old centre, which at present time is uninhabited,
due to a landslide which forced the inhabitants
to move to the towns of Craco-Peschiera and Craco-Sant’Angelo
in the 1970s.
Spectacular ravines (‘calanchi’) can
be admired near the town. There are also a lot of
springs of mineral water.
The area is mostly agricultural and cereals and
olives are the most widespread crops.
