Pisticci (
Metapontino: ; la, Pesticium) is a town
comune
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in the
province of Matera
The province of Matera ( it, Provincia di Matera; Materano: ) is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Matera. It has an area of and a total population of 201,133; the city Matera has a population of 61,204. Th ...
, in the Southern Italian region of
Basilicata
it, Lucano (man) it, Lucana (woman)
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Pisticci is the fourth most populous town in the region and the most populous in the province after
Matera
Matera (, ; Materano: ) is a city in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy.
As the capital of the province of Matera, its original settlement lies in two canyons carved by the Gravina River. This area, the Sassi di Matera, is a com ...
. It is known for being the production site of
Amaro Lucano, one of the most famous Italian liqueurs.
Saints Peter and Paul Mother Church
The church stands on the site of an early church which dated from 1212, retaining its bell tower and two of its stained glass windows. In 1542 it was expanded by the addition of two extra
aisle
An aisle is, in general, a space for walking with rows of non-walking spaces on both sides. Aisles with seating on both sides can be seen in airplanes, certain types of buildings, such as churches, cathedrals, synagogues, meeting halls, parl ...
s, constructed by Pietro and Antonio Laviola, two brothers who were later accused of murder in
Mantua
Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard language, Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, province of the same name.
In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture ...
.
The church is in the
Romanesque-
Renaissance
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style, with an angled roof, and is built in the shape of a
Latin cross
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, with three aisles. On the left and right there are small chapels, under which there are buried local important people. Each chapel has a statue by the sculptor
Salvatore Sacquegna. The interior walls of the church are decorated with 18th-century pictures painted by
Domenico Guarino, among which ''
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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'', the ''Madonna del Pozzo'', and the ''Mysteries of the Rosary'' are especially notable.
References
Cities and towns in Basilicata
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