Lauria
Sign in to savethumb|240px|Saint James church. thumb|240px|Monument to Roger of Lauria. Lauria is a town and comune of the province of Potenza, in Basilicata, southern Italy, situated near the borders of Calabria. It is a walled, medieval town on the steep side of a hill, with another portion of municipal territory in the plain below.
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Lauria is a medieval walled town in southern Italy's Basilicata region, located on a hillside near the Calabria border with both elevated and lowland portions of its territory. The town is notable enough to have a monument dedicated to Roger of Lauria, a historical figure, and features the Saint James church among its landmarks.
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thumb|240px|Saint James church. thumb|240px|Monument to Roger of Lauria. Lauria is a town and comune of the province of Potenza, in Basilicata, southern Italy, situated near the borders of Calabria. It is a walled, medieval town on the steep side of a hill, with another portion of municipal territory in the plain below.
It is historically the largest city in the southwestern Lucania region.