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San Severino Lucano |
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Between the
most picturesque countries of the potentina province and also the area, San
Severino Lucano is a country of recent foundation, risen to the dawnings of the
modern age, according to the common opinion of the most authoritative
storiografi of Lucania what the Racioppi and the baron Antonini. The first
urban core goes up again century (1495) at the end of the XV when Bernardino
Sanseverino, VII Earl Of Chiaromonte, gave the S cistercense abbey. Maria of
the Sagittario the earths which do part of the field of the current San
Severino. The Cistercensi built rural houses for the farmers; at this first
village, to perennial memory of the gifts had in every time from the
Sanseverino house and their consecration, they gave the name of San Severino.
We remember that the abbey had been founded in 1152. Then S. Severino
represents the tangible example of the promoted agricultural colonization from
the Abbey Of The Sagittario on grounds belonging to the powerful family of the
Sanseverino, beginnings of Bisignano. His origin is therefore bound to the
economic and productive policy followed by the religious order of the
Cistercensi what, with I guarantee him of the Princes Sanseverino, they took to
the settlement of farmers in the zone near the Abbey Of The Sagittario, for the
production of cereals. The Cistercensi were well deserving for the life
religious, economic and social. Their perfumed of incense and arabesque ink
hands did not disdain to use the vanga to reclaim and dissodare the earth. This
activity was intense up to the suppression of said abbey in 1807 when the
earths were incamerate from the Demanio. In 1810 the country in object took the
denomination of San Severino Lucano to be different from other homonymous
councils. He is not to exclude the San Severino cofondazione for the fact that
to the first his inhabitants, the farmers of the monks of the Sagittario, they
joined and they added some refugees of Castelsaraceno, persecuted in that
center by the barons, avoided in this earth as in a kindergarten. The Racioppi
refers that the coat of arms of the country is represented by "a beech on
a mountain", but he seems to be represented by a dog to guard of a merlato
palace at present. Countries with the name of San Severino can count three in
Italy: San Severino Rota (Mercato San Severino today in province of Salerno),
San Severino of Centola ( also it in province of Salerno ), San Severino Marche
(in province of Macerata). In 1862 the census was registering the inhabitants'
existence on a wide and fertile territory for the presence of cerealicole
cultivations, screws, olives and trees from fruit and rich of neo pastures a
considerable amount of cattle was reared. San Severino historically did part of
the Anglona Diocese and Tursi. In second season of the brigantaggio, the one
followed immediately to the Unity Of Italy, the San Severino territory, between
1860 and 1870, its civil life saw paralysed and almost you cancel the economic
activities raging of the brigantesche bands. Everything, in fact, was
supporting the outlaws: the closeness of in bad condition mountains, the lack
of roads, the solidarity of the population, as much than the military
operations of traditional type were turning out impossible or completely
ineffective. In this zone, protagonist of the repression was the captain
Gennaro Iannarelli who made ferocious slaughters and pitiless executions also
of civilians. San Severino preserves several memories of him: the house which
lived in country, the molino-gualcheria in which developed his profitable
economic activity. A legend wants it stolen by devils soon after his morte.127.
Architectural (religious, civil and rural) and artistic property
· The Pollino Madonna's Sanctuary rises where the tradition wants a statue of the virgin subtracted to the fury of the iconoclasts was hidden and where, always according to the popular tradition, the Madonna apparve to a pastorello. Besides the building of the church and his annexes, also the country cabins for the accomodation of the pilgrims the complex of the sanctuary understands. She will be holiday seat the first Fridays, Saturday and Sunday of July with demonstrations of anthropological and cultural interest.
· Parish S church. Maria of the angels of the XVII sec. Restored in 1965 and in 1973, the church keeps to wooden crucifix of the XVI sec, a sculpture in terracotta depicting Christ given evidence, works of Guido Mazzoni of the sec. XVI, marble furniture coming from the Convent Of The Sagittario.
· S church. Vincenzo Ferreri of the XVIII sec. (1765).
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Church of Madonna of the Carmine.
· Maria SS church. of the abundance.
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Ruins of the vital mill in willow resort.
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Complex of grind and colonica dated about 1750 in Mezzana resort house.
· I whirl Fasanella with millstones in stone. It is placed to the confluence of the Frido with the Peschiera in Cropani resort.
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Ruins of the mill bind in resort tower.
· Grind admired in Moscello resort. It is deserted at present.
· Ruins of the complex of grind understanding Calabrian a grind, a gualchiera and maybe a filanda. It lines historical interest as in last century it was managed by the captain Iannarelli, distinguished he in the struggle to the brigantaggio.
· Ruins of the furnace uncovers. Bricks and above all ceramili coppi were produced.
The
naturalistiche resources
· Magnano wood. With the institution in 1981 of the Regional Park Of The Pollino the area was managed as reserve natural oriented. The wood, a mixed association of Cerri (Quercus cerris) and beeches (Fagus sylvatica), is characterized, to the confluence of the Peschiera with the Frida, by a ripariale vegetation with Neapolitan Ontano (Alnus rope) prevalence. The present animal kinds are: Salamandrina tergiditata, Tritus italicus, variegated Bombina and Italic frog. In the spring of 1994, two pups of otter (Lutra lutra) were sighted several times, and even filmed in the Peschiera Torrent ( to. (Rossi).
· Pollino mountain. You see Rotonda.
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Throats of the Frido.
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The brigand's "bridge" preserves in the placename the memory
of the brigantaggio which locally was especially violent. · The eve of the S party. Lucia the tradition to boil the grain is still alive. · S party. Francesco of Paola the Easter first after Sunday. · Party of the Sanctuary Of Madonna Of The Pollino128 the first Fridays, Saturday and Sunday of July. The traditional party takes place with very wide popular participation, it calculates himself up to 10-20.000 people, mostly coming from Calabria. For the three day duration the pilgrims reside in the neighbourhood of the sanctuary in cabins of branches built for the circumstance. Such a true and real temporary but self-sufficient village is created, as besides the provisions than every familiar core he causes with himself he macella and ovine meat is sold in suitable shops supplied with fences for alive animals. A series of demonstrations animates the party (dances and traditional singings, ignition of firecrackers, Madonna's fire) culminating moment whose will be constituted by the enchantmentchase competition for the transport of the statue and from the procession in the pianoro. · S party. Vincenzo the second Saturday and Sunday of July with fair the previous day. ·
Party of the Madonna Of The Carmine the third Sunday of July. ·
"Sanseverinese summer" from July half to end August. ·
On December 24 living crib. |
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The gastronomic specialities are: house pasta (
raskatieddi, lagane who fasuli, maccaruni cu firriett, cavuzuni who vete ),
various kinds of cold meats and salami, soppressata and sheep's milk cheese. |