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BASILICATA

Volume 3 · 102 words · 1823 Edition

territory of Italy, bounded on the north by the Otranto, Bari, and Capitanata; on the west by the Principato, and a small part of the Tuscan sea; on the south by Calabria; and on the east by the gulf of Taranto. It is watered by several rivers; but as it is almost all occupied by the Apennine mountains, it is neither very populous nor fertile; however it produces enough to maintain its inhabitants, and has a small quantity of cotton. The principal towns... Basilicata towns are Cirena, Mesi, Tursi, Rapallo, Muro, Lavello, Tracarico, Monte Pelose, and Venoso, which are all episcopal sees.