Forenza
Sign in to saveForenza (Lucano: ) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, Basilicata, southern Italy. It is bounded by the comuni of Acerenza, Avigliano, Filiano, Ginestra, Maschito, Palazzo San Gervasio, Pietragalla, Ripacandida.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Forenza
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Forenza
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Forenza.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- View of Forenza
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Forenza-Stemma.gif
- Italian comune.region
- Basilicata
- Italian comune.province
- Potenza (PZ)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Francesco Mastrandrea
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 116.31
- Italian comune.population_total
- 2033
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 August 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Forenzesi, Forentani
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 836
- Italian comune.istat
- 076033
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Charles Borromeo
- Italian comune.day
- 4 November
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 85023
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0971
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Forenza (Lucano: ) is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, Basilicata, southern Italy. It is bounded by the comuni of Acerenza, Avigliano, Filiano, Ginestra, Maschito, Palazzo San Gervasio, Pietragalla, Ripacandida.
The village of Forenza is built on a hill top near the ruins of the ancient Samnite city of Forentum, which was occupied by the ancient Romans in 317 BC and destroyed during the Gothic War of 535–553 AD.