Satriano di Lucania.
This village was built on the highest part of the
Melandro Valley. In 1420 it was destroyed by the mercenary
troops of Queen Giovanna II. The survivors found refuge
near Tito, where they built the village called ‘Pietrafixa’,
nowadays called Satriano di Lucania. Only the Tower
and some ruins of the old village have been kept.
Along the streets of the old centre there are several
palaces of the XVI, XVII and XVIII centuries. Amongst
them ‘Palazzo Pignatelli’, with a portal
of 1542, and ‘Palazzo Abbanante’, with
a portal of the XVIII century.
In the Parish Church there are some frescos by Pietrafesa,
who was born in Satriano, and some precious canvases
of the XVIII century. In the Church of Santa Maria
di Costantinopoli there is a precious wooden sculpture
of the XV century, representing the ‘Madonna
col Bambino’.
In this village there are still some old traditions,
such as the one connected to the celebration of the
‘Madonna delle Grazie’. In this occasion,
the ‘cinti’, ears of wheat weaved around
a circle and decorated with laces and religious images,
are taken in procession.