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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.
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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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Lauria
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Lauria
- Italian comune.native_name
- Lauria
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- 10 Maggio 2016 Lauria (2).jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- View of Lauria
- Italian comune.image_map
- Map of comune of Lauria (province of Potenza, region Basilicata, Italy).svg
- Italian comune.map_caption
- Lauria within the Province of Potenza
- Italian comune.region
- Basilicata
- Italian comune.province
- Potenza (PZ)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- see list
- Italian comune.mayor_party
- Action (Italian political party)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Gianni Pittella
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 176.63
- Italian comune.population_total
- 12669
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 March 2018
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Laurioti
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 430
- Italian comune.istat
- 076042
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Lauria
- Demonym
- laurioti
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- province of Potenza
- Population
- 11882
- Area
- 176.63
- Elevation
- 430
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Castelsaraceno
- Official website
- www.comune.lauria.pz.it
- Image
- 10 Maggio 2016 Lauria (2).jpg
- Dialing code
- 0973
- Licence plate code
- PZ
- Patron saint
- Domenico Lentini
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- Commons category
- Lauria
- postal code
- 85044
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Lauria
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lauria
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
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- Transport
- People
- References
- External links
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.
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