The location
Filiano is in Basilicata, a region that stands in the southern part of Italy. You can get there both by car (by driving the main road called S.S. 658) and by train taking the train line Potenza - Foggia and stopping at Castel Lagopesole where you can get the bus to Filiano.
The location
Filiano is in Basilicata, a region that stands in the southern part of Italy. You can get there both by car (by driving the main road called S.S. 658) and by train taking the train line Potenza - Foggia and stopping at Castel Lagopesole where you can get the bus to Filiano.
The downtown
The actual downtown stands around the main street. At the top there is the Church of S Maria del Rosario, while in the middle you can find the church of Saint Giuseppe (Joseph) that stands in the main square. The little place called Filianello is a quarter of Filiano and it is connected to my village by the public city park and the sport facilities. Recently in Filianello, were bult many new buildings after the terrible earthquake that hit Basilicata in 1980.
Church of S. Maria del Rosario
Here it is the church of Santa Maria del Rosario (Saint Mary of Rosario) in the downtown of Filiano. The church was consacrated in 1952.
Maria SS. del Rosario church in the snow
Church of S. Giuseppe
In 1830 a little chapel already existed in the place where now The church of Saint Joseph stands. The people who were going to follow the religoius ceremony, pushed by the priest began to bring "a stone" each one in order to build up a new bigger church. Finnally in 1885 the actual church was built. The Big ben was built in 1930 thanks to the money offered by the people and to the money given by Prince Filippo Andrea Doria Pamphili , lord of Lagopesole.
Molteplici sono le iniziative a carattere sociale e culturale che si svolgono a Filiano nell'arco dell'anno, vi descrivo le principali.
"Sagra del Formaggio"= cheese feast
The name of Filiano come from the wealth of wool which women spin (it italian filare), thanks to the richness of flock that ate in the hills in the sorroundings. The milk produced is still today of a very high quality. The milk made in Filiano nowadays is particolar: rich of Vitanmis, parfumed and fat and it becomes a very tasty cheese.Once a year it takes place the Feast of the cheese, whose name is "pecorino" as it comes out from the milk of the sheep (in italian pecora). Sagra del Pecorino"is a big party (it is in the 1st week pf September),where the visitors can taste and buy the Pecorino of Filiano straightly just from the producers. During the Sagra del Pecorino, the streets are very crowded.( For further information you can contact the town hall, Comune di Filiano : +39-971-836010 )
Since 2006 edition the event lasts for one week
The Villa comunale and the walking just out of the center.
If you like walking around in a silent and relaxing space and if you love to see beautiful landascapes and breath a pure and clean air you are just in the right palce. Filiano let you feel a pleasant close contact with the nature. In Particular although there are many paths to do in the sorrounding we suggest you to walk just outside the center until the Villa comunale especially visited by the little children and the dogs.
The Summer in Filiano: events and activities
Traditionally every year during the summer holidays many people born or whose parents or relatives were born or still live in Filiano come back to their original home town. Usually these people live in the Nothern part of Italy or abroad where they study or work That is why the Pro Loco association of Filiano organizes many interesting activities to let people know better the customs of Filiano or simply to let people meet in the downtown and stay together. You can take part in games, like soccer matches, card cagems, evenings dedicated to home cooking and typical food and wines of the region.The most well known of this kind of initiative is :
The most succesful feast
Lu'Muzzic': That is "the day of the reaper ". It is a successful event. In the downtown they organizes a sort of open air market with stands where you can taste the typical dishes traditionally eaten by the farmers of Filiano . These people usually spent the whole day in the field from sunrise to sunset working very hard, and they usually ate exactly what the unhabitants of Filiano cook and prepare and serve dressed in their folk traditional dresses. In particular there are delicious "orecchiette " in red souce, the "Ciambotta", a vetetable tasteful soup, then another dish is a kind of omelette with herbs and finally there is a light sweet round biscuit . Everything is offeret with a piece of good salty bread and a glass of "Aglianico" wine typical of this zone(you risk to be drunk at the end of the path!!). Last time of Lu'Muzzic has been on the 19th of August. 400 people bought the ticket to taste all the specialities
In Pertini square you can see the big picture on the wall choosen as the symbol, the brand of the event
