Gorgoglione.
The town, whose origins date back to the IV century
B.C., belonged to the Della Marras, who built the
castle in 1070, of which there are only a few ruins
left; it was dominated by the Carafas and the Spinellis
afterwards.
A building worth visiting is the mother church
of Santa Maria Assunta, of the Baroque period but
rebuilt in the XIX century, which contains a very
beautiful XV century statue of St. Rocco, a XVIII
century statue of Our Lady of the Rosari and a precious
font.
Like in other towns of Basilicata, in Gorgoglione
the May festival takes place too: a tree is made
up by joining a trunk of a Turkey oak to a holly.
The peculiar and striking position of the town
attracts a lot of tourists, especially in summer.