Muro Lucano.
This village, with its stone houses and Castle on
the mountainside of a hill, reminds of a traditional
crib. History and religion are linked here. In this
village Queen Giovanna I of Naples was killed and
S. Gerardo Maiella, patron of Basilicata, was born.
Three different faces, witness of three different
periods, characterise this village.
There is a Roman ‘Muro’ (boundary wall),
where it is said that the battle between Hannibal
and Marcellus took place in 210 B.C.; a mediaeval
one, nowadays known as ‘Pianello’; and
an area characterised by Renaissance buildings.
Amongst the places worth visiting there are the Duomo,
dedicated to San Nicola, and the Museum.
Just out of the village there are the Caves of the
‘Vucculi’.
