Muro Lucano

Muro Lucano is a municipality in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata with 5558 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012 ). It is located on a rock about 600 m slm over a canyon of the river Rescio in Lucano Apennines.

History

Below the city wall remains were found, the one identified with the place Numistro at which 210 BC battle between the troops of Hannibal and Marcellus ' happening. This Numistro to have been destroyed by the Saracens in 879, making the population fled to the surrounding hamlets. In search of a safer place, they should have then built a new settlement on the highest point in the area and newly fitted with a fortification wall. The new place was first called Pianello, the location of the oldest houses of the fortified walls, Italian sul ​​muro as denoting a district should gradually have become the name for the center. In the 11th century Muro was a bishop 's seat, and stood in the following centuries under the rule of different feudal lords. 1382 was killed on the orders of her adoptive son and successor Charles of Durazzo in the castle the Queen of Naples, Johanna I.. 1530 came Muro in the fief of the Orsini di Gravina family where it remained until 1830. Between 1571 and 1768, the city held a legendary feud to pasture for the sheep with its neighboring village of Castel Grande. On April 24, 1863, the city was the additional adjective Lucano awarded, to distinguish them from the Apulian town of Muro Leccese. Two earthquakes in 1694 and 1980 added the city to severe damage.

Attractions

  • The Cathedral of San Gerardo, which was built after an earthquake and complete burning of the previous church in the years 1725-1728, was almost completely destroyed by the earthquake in 1980, but now largely rebuilt. It also houses an altarpiece of the Madonna del Rosario of the Flemish painter Cornelis Smet as well as a statue of the patron saint, St. Gerardo.
  • From the ruins of the fort, which was begun in the 9th century, you have a comprehensive view of the surroundings.
  • In a canyon deep under the city, there is a Roman bridge from the second century AD.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Gerardo Maiella (* 1754, † October 16, 1755 ), Saint, patron of the city and the Basilicata region.
  • Antonio Rosario Mennonna (1906-2009), Catholic Bishop of Muro Lucano and Nardo

Dialect

The unit is called Mures dialect of Muro Lucano has strong differences from the rest of Luke's dialects; therefore theories see him in connection to the Oscan language.

Twinning

  • Karl, Germany

Sources / Links

  • Homepage of the City ( Italian)
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