Basilicata
Italy
Basilicata has 60 documented cultural connections to places around the world. Below are 12 of the most distinctive.
post–World War II
Connects Basilicata to: New City, Chicago
Appian Way
Connects Basilicata to: Qartaba, Lebanon | Salento, Taranto, Brindisi, Lecce
Alcide De Gasperi
Connects Basilicata to: South Tyrol | Giuliano-Dalmata
1980 Irpinia earthquake
Connects Basilicata to: Campania | Province of Avellino
Achaeans (Homer)
Connects Basilicata to: Achaea (ancient region) | Kouklia, Cyprus
Gulf of Taranto
Connects Basilicata to: Calabria | Province of Crotone
Robert Guiscard
Connects Basilicata to: Calabria | Skopje, North Macedonia
Hauteville family
Connects Basilicata to: Isle of Man | Principality of Salerno
Protected Designation of Origin
Connects Basilicata to: Malta | Algarve | La Serra d'Almos, Spain
Polis
Connects Basilicata to: Athens, Greece | Coraopolis, Pennsylvania | Illiopolis, Illinois
Sanremo Music Festival
Connects Basilicata to: Liguria | Budva, Montenegro | Province of Imperia
southern Italy
Connects Basilicata to: Milan, Italy | Abruzzo | Acre, Israel