Moliterno

{{for|the cheese|Moliterno (cheese)}} {{Expand Italian|date=January 2022|topic=geo}} {{Infobox Italian comune | name = Moliterno | official_name = Comune di Moliterno | native_name = {{lang|nap|Mulitiernu}} | image_skyline = Castello medievale - Moliterno 17.jpg | imagesize = 300px | image_alt = | image_caption = View of Moliterno | image_shield = Moliterno-Stemma.png | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|40|14|32.1|N|15|52|2.5|E|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Basilicata | province = Potenza (PZ) | frazioni = Fontana D'Eboli, Piano Di Maglie, Rimintiello, Tempa Del Conte | mayor_party = | mayor = Giuseppe Tancredi | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 97.63 | population_footnotes = <ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.</ref> | population_total = 4345 | population_as_of = 31 December 2009 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Moliternesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 879 | twin1 = | twin1_country = |istat=076050| saint = St Dominic | day = August 4 | postal_code = 85047 | area_code = 0975 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.moliterno.pz.it/}} | footnotes = }} '''Moliterno''' (Lucano: ''Mulitiernu'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Castelsaraceno, Grumento Nova, Lagonegro, Lauria, Montesano sulla Marcellana, Sarconi, Tramutola.

==History== Tradition states that Moliterno was built after the destruction of Grumentum by the Saracens, which occurred between 872 and 975. Several Grumentini, who had escaped the massacre, settled around a tower built by the Lombards. Moliterno was later a possession of the Normans.

==Main sights== {{travel guide|section|date=January 2022}}

=== Churches === * Chiesa Madre, inside it houses the painting of ''The Deposition'', attributed to the 17th-century painter Pietrafesa. * Chiesa del Rosario * Chiesa della Trinità * Chiesa Santa Croce

===Chapels=== * Madonna del Carmine * Chiesa Santa Barbara * Cappella di San Pietro * Chiesa di San Rocco * Cappella dell' Angelo

==See also== * Moliterno (cheese)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{in lang|en}}[http://www.moliternesi.org/ Moliterno Genealogy](Marriages index 1866–1910, Selected Deaths 1866–1880){{404|date=June 2022}}([https://web.archive.org/web/20211218061904/https://www.moliternesi.org/ Archived])

Category:Cities and towns in Basilicata