Potenza Provincia di Potenza Basilicata Italy
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Potenza

Potenza (, also US: , Italian: [poˈtɛntsa] ; Neapolitan: Putenza, Potentino dialect: Putenz) is a comune in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata (former Lucania). Capital of the Province of Potenza and the Basilicata region, the city is the highest regional capital and one of the highest provincial capitals in Italy, overlooking the valley of the Basento river in the Apennine Mountains of Lucania, east of Salerno. Its territory is bounded by the comuni of Anzi, Avigliano, Brindisi Montagna, Picerno, Pietragalla, Pignola, Ruoti, Tito and Vaglio Basilicata.
Known in ancient times as: Potentia
Periods/Settlements: hellenistic-republican, roman, late-antique

Distance between:

Rome to Potenza 193 Miles / 311 Kms
Milan to Potenza 473 Miles / 762 Kms
Venice to Potenza 377 Miles / 607 Kms


Postal Code 85100


Population 2020

Total: 66459
Total Men: 31974
Total Women: 31974

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Torre del Mulino

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