The Archaeological site of Torre di Satriano
The Appennino Lucano National Park is characterised not only by its natural wonders, but also because it extends into an area rich in millennial history, in the heart of Magna Graecia. One of the most important archaeological sites in the whole of Basilicata falls within the park's territory: at Torre di Satriano, the landscape is characterised by a rise on which a Norman tower stands. This area has yielded traces of human habitation as far back as the second millennium B.C., but it is from the eighth century B.C. that the high ground was settled with a complex settlement organised in small nuclei distributed over several terraces. The area has been investigated since the 1960s by Ross Holloway, then in the 1980s by Emanuele Greco, while excavations by the Matera School of Specialisation in Archaeology, directed by Massimo Osanna, are still ongoing.
