Castelmezzano
Castelmezzano (Castelmezzano dialect: ) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Albano di Lucania, Anzi, Laurenzana, Pietrapertosa, Trivigno.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Castelmezzano
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Castelmezzano
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Castelmezzano-a.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- View of Castelmezzano
- Italian comune.region
- Basilicata
- Italian comune.province
- Potenza (PZ)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Nicola Rocco Valluzzi
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 33.91
- Italian comune.population_total
- 771
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 2019-1-1
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 750
- Italian comune.istat
- 076024
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Castelmezzano (Castelmezzano dialect: ) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Albano di Lucania, Anzi, Laurenzana, Pietrapertosa, Trivigno.
It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). In 2007 Castelmezzano was chosen by Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazine among "The best places you've never heard of". The Telegraph included Castelmezzano among its "Italy's 19 most beautiful villages" list in 2017, defining it "one of southern Italy's most stunningly located villages".