RIONERO, a town of Naples, the largest in the province of Basilicata, on the slopes of two hills and the inter-
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vening valley, 8 miles S. of Melfi. It is remarkable for nothing so much as for the traces which about half of the town retains of the terrible earthquake which desolated this place and the surrounding district in 1851. There are several churches and a convent. Wooden snuff-boxes are manufactured, and some trade in oil and wine is carried on. Pop. 9600.