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-km stretch on the Tyrrhenian Sea between Campania and Calabria, and a longer coastline along the Gulf of Taranto between Calabria and Apulia. The region can be thought of as the "instep" of Italy, with Calabria functioning as the "toe" and Apulia the "heel".
Accettura is a town and comune in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Calciano, Campomaggiore, Cirigliano, Oliveto Lucano, Pietrapertosa, San Mauro Forte and Stigliano.
Vietri di Potenza is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Basilicata region of southern Italy.
Savoia di Lucania is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. As of 2011 its population was of 1,148.
The Diocese of Bridgeport is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the southwestern part of the state of Connecticut, and its boundaries are the same as that of Fairfield County, Connecticut. There are 82 parishes in the diocese. Its cathedral is St. Augustine Cathedral in Bridgeport. The Diocese of Bridgeport is a suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Hartford.
Sansepolcro, formerly Borgo Santo Sepolcro, is a town and comune founded in the 11th century, located in the Italian Province of Arezzo in the eastern part of the region of Tuscany.
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. As of 2011 its population was of 1,457.
Auletta is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Colliano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. The name is likely related to the Italian word, collinare, which means hill top.
Furore is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Furore is located on the Amalfi Coast.
Olevano sul Tusciano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Pertosa is a village and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. In 2010 its population was 714.
Polla is a town and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. In 2011 its population was 5,327.
Ricigliano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Sala Consilina is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southwestern Italy. With 12,635 inhabitants it is the most populated town of Vallo di Diano.
Salvitelle is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southwestern Italy.
Antonio Caggiano was an archbishop and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church in Argentina. He played a part in helping Nazi sympathisers and war criminals escape prosecution in Europe by easing their passage to South America.
Nicola Peccheneda was an Italian painter of Campania and Basilicata in the second half of the 18th century. He initially trained in Naples, likely in the studio of Francesco de Mura. He adopted the reigning style of Francesco Solimena. While he came from a family including professionals ; he moved back to his native Polla, and despite painting in the region, lived until he died.
Frank Joseph Caggiano is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as the Bishop of Bridgeport since his appointment in 2013. Prior to his appointment to the Bridgeport diocese, Caggiano was an Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn.
The Church of St. Blaise is a former Roman Catholic parish church in the Diocese of Brooklyn, located at East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York.
