25 th december 2003 : a very hard snowing in Filiano
where to go
You can enjoy many trips departing from Filiano. We suggest only few places without spening many words upon them as we prefer to let you see more abouit on the internet site made by Basilicata region www.basilicatanet.it in the Turism section
The beautiful landscape of Sassi in Matera, official UNESCO site since 1993
Medieval defileč hold inside the king Federich Castel
The principal place
It is surelly Castellagopesole, because here in the XII century every summer King Fredrich of Svevia ( belonging to the Norman dinasty) came wtih his court to stay and to chase. The way of life of that age lives again every year through the activities organized by the inhabitantsof Lagopesole. The most well known is the medieval defileč which takes place at the beginning of August with people dressed like in the medioeval times.
Waiting for King Federico of Svevia and his court Medieval defileč hold inside the king Federich Castel
A general view of Monticchio lakes
Monticchio Lakes
A Place where you can feel a big emotion. There you can admire the beautiful landscape of the two lakes that stand over the crater of the ancient and now shut volcano. Don't miss a visit to Saint Michael Abbey built on the rocks and where inside you can see a beautiful praesepium; There are also the precious but still to be restored, ruins of Saint Ippolito abbey of XII century
From statale 665 Potenza- Melfi exit Monticchio
Saint Michael abbey in Monticchio lakes
Another place you can't miss: Ruvo del Monte
Ruvo del Monte, Melfi, Ripacandida, Venosa, Barile
Here we mention some of the numerous places you should visit because they are very close to Filiano always going through the number 665 way In particular in Venosa you find the ancient Roman amphiteathre and the ruins of the ancient roman town so that we can say that Venosa is like a little Pompei. In Melfi you can see the second castel owned by king Fredrich, while the third , whose picture is on the back face of the 1 cent coin of the Italian euro is in Andria near Bari. Finally Barile, where you can tatse the very good red wine of this places the "Aglianico del Vulture DOC"
Carneval feast in Possidente called "La fagiolata"
Snow in Paoladoce below Carmine mount
Useful address
pro Loco di Filiano
Piazza SS Rosario 85020 Filiano
www.comune.filiano.it
pro Loco Castel Lagopesole
Piazza Federico II, 22 85020 Lagopesole
pro loco Avigliano
Corso Gianturco , 42
85021 Avigliano info@prolocoavigliano.it
Filiano and The Vulture Volcano at our back