Genzano di Lucania.
The origins of Genzano date back to the VII-VI centuries
B.C., when the inhabitants of the ‘Pagus Gentianum’,
a Roman settlement, moved to this area because of
the repeated invasions and in order to defeat malaria.
In the XI century this village was under the Norman
control of ‘Roberto il Guiscardo’, and
was later given as a fief to several lords, until
1806, when the king of Naples, Giuseppe Bonaparte,
abrogated feudality.
In the old centre there is the Church of Santa Maria
della Platea, in which an image painted on stone,
of the XVII century, can be found.
In a panoramic position there is the Convent of the
Clarisses, founded by the Sancia family, in the XIV
century. Nuns used to live in it up to 1905.
Not far from the village there is the Fontana Cavallina,
in neoclassic style, with an amphitheatre shape.
On the old Castle a beautiful palace was built. It
is now the site of the Town Hall.
