Moliterno | |
Official Name: | Comune di Moliterno |
Native Name: | Neapolitan: Mulitiernu |
Coordinates: | 40.2423°N 15.8674°W |
Region: | Basilicata |
Province: | Potenza (PZ) |
Frazioni: | Fontana D'Eboli, Piano Di Maglie, Rimintiello, Tempa Del Conte |
Mayor: | Giuseppe Tancredi |
Area Total Km2: | 97.63 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 4345 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2009 |
Population Demonym: | Moliternesi |
Elevation M: | 879 |
Saint: | St Dominic |
Day: | August 4 |
Postal Code: | 85047 |
Area Code: | 0975 |
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 Marcellana, Sarconi, Tramutola.
Tradition states that Moliterno was built after the destruction of Grumentum by the Saracens, which occurred between 872 and 975. Several Grumentini, who had escaped the massacre, settled around a tower built by the Lombards. Moliterno was later a possession of the Normans.