Lagonegro (
Lucano: ) is a town and ''
comune
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'' in the
province of Potenza
The province of Potenza (; Potentino: ) is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Potenza.
Geography
It has an area of and a total population of 369,538 (as of 2017). There are 100 ''comuni'' (singular: ''com ...
, in the
Southern Italy
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The term "" today mostly refers to the regions that are associated with the people, lands or cultu ...
region of
Basilicata
Basilicata (, ; ), also known by its ancient name Lucania (, , ), is an administrative region in Southern Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south. It has two coastlines: a 30-kilometr ...
. It is part of the
Valle del Noce and has (2017) a population of 5,471.
Geography
The municipality, located southwest of its province, near the borders of Basilicata with
Cilento
Cilento () is an Italian mountain range (part of the Lucan Apennines), which gives its name to a geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the province of Salerno. Is an important tourist area of southern Italy.
...
, a subregion of
Campania
Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...
, is bordered by the municipalities of
Casalbuono,
Casaletto Spartano
Casaletto Spartano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
History
The town has medieval origins and originated around the settlement of ''Spartoso'', from which it derives the toponym, c ...
,
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 plai ...
,
Moliterno
Moliterno ( Lucano: ''Mulitiernu'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Castelsaraceno, Grumento Nova, Lagonegro, Lauria, Montesano sulla Marcella ...
,
Montesano sulla Marcellana
Montesano sulla Marcellana (colloquially named Montesano) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy.
Etymology
It is said that the inhabitants of "''Marcellinum''", the lower area of the curren ...
,
Nemoli
Nemoli is a town and ''comune'' of 1,501 inhabitants, found in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. The town, positioned between the Apennine Mountains, is noted for its artisanal work, typically in wood and copp ...
,
Rivello
Rivello (''Rëviell'' in Lucanian Dialect, the rivellese dialect) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. The population was 2,515 as of March 2024.
Geography
Territory
The town sit ...
and
Tortorella
Tortorella is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Salerno, Campania, in south-western Italy.
Geography
Located in southern Cilento, 11 km from the Cilentan Coast, Tortorella is a hill town located in the middle of a large forest area p ...
.
It counts the hamlets (''
frazioni
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'') of Casale Serino, Cervaro, Farno, Fecìla, Fortino, Malpignata, Pennarone and Strette.
Transport
The town is served by two exits ("Lagonegro Nord" and "Lagonegro Sud") of the
A2 motorway
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, linking
Naples
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and
Salerno
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to
Cosenza
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,
Lamezia and
Reggio Calabria
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.
Its railway station is the terminus of 2 abandoned lines using two different
gauges: the
standard gauge
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line
Sicignano–Lagonegro, and the
narrow gauge
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum railw ...
line
Lagonegro–Castrovillari–Spezzano Albanese.
People
*
Tiziana Alagia
Tiziana Alagia (born 8 March 1973) is a retired Italian long-distance runner who specialised in the marathon. She represented Italy at the World Championships in Athletics in 2001. A one-time Italian marathon champion, her best for the distance w ...
(born 1973), long-distance runner
*
Giuseppe Mango
Giuseppe "Pino" Mango (6 November 1954 – 8 December 2014), better known mononymously as Mango, was an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. He was known for his style which fuses pop, rock, folk, world music and for his extensive vocal rang ...
(1954–2014), singer
*
Angelina Mango
Angelina Mango (; born 10 April 2001) is an Italian singer and songwriter.
She rose to prominence after her singles "Ci pensiamo domani" and "Che t'o dico a fa', Che t'o dico a fa" peaked within the top ten on the Italian singles chart in 2023 ...
(born 2001), singer and
Sanremo Festival
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winner
See also
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Lagonegro Cathedral
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Basilicata
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