Marsicovetere.
This is a small village of Roman origins: some ruins
of this ancient civilisation still remain. Its name
comes from a colony of ‘Marsi’, ancient
population native of ‘Marsica’, an area
in Abruzzo. These people came down to the Agri Valley,
looking for a place where to settle. Marsico became
a county in the year 1000 and then a fief under several
lords.
It has a scenic position. Three smaller villages
are also part of it: ‘Villa d’Agri’,
with well-developed trading activities, ‘Barricelle’
and ‘Galaino’, with small farming activities.
In the village there is the Main Church of the SS.
Pietro e Paolo, with a wooden sculpture of the XIV
century, representing the ‘Madonna col Bambino’,
two stone lions supporting a stoup of the XVI century
and some canvases of Neapolitan school of the XVIII
century.
In the old part of the village there are several
palaces, such as ‘Palazzo Piccininni’,
with a stone portal and an arcaded loggia.
