Maratea, Province of Potenza, Basilicata Region, Italy

🇮🇹 Marateais an Italian town and comune of Basilicata, in the province of Potenza. It is the only comune of the region on the Tyrrhenian coast, and is known as "the Pearl of the Tyrrhenian". Owing to the considerable number of its churches and chapels it has also been described as "the town with 44 churches".

Maratea is the only town of Basilicata on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It has approximately 32 km (20 miles) of rocky coastline, with more than twenty beaches. One of the main characteristics of Maratea is the variety of its landscapes, varying from breath-taking sea views to wooded hillsides and majestic mountains which sweep down to the sea creating steep cliffs.

The Grotta di Maratea, or the Cave of Wonders, was discovered in 1929 by men building the Highway 18 from Calabria.

The centre of the town (called Maratea Borgo, meaning "Maratea's Old Town") is situated on the northern slopes of Mount San Biagio; other villages in the comune include Acquafredda, Cersuta, Fiumicello, Porto, Marina, Castrocucco (situated on the coast), Castello, Santa Caterina, Massa and Brefaro (situated on the overlooking hills). The principal vegetation comprises oaks, pines, rosemary, holm oaks, carob trees and wild fennel.

Maratea has a small harbour, which can accommodate up to 200 boats.

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Maratea has a population of over 5,085 people. Maratea also forms part of the wider Potenza Province which has a population of over 369,538 people.

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Maratea has links with:

🇮🇹 Bolzano, Italy 🇮🇹 Carosino, Italy 🇮🇹 Cento, Italy

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North of: 39.983

🇺🇸 Lower Merion 39.983

🇺🇸 Merion 39.983

🇪🇸 Castelló de la Plana 39.985

🇪🇸 Castellón de la Plana 39.985

🇺🇸 Toms River 39.994

🇺🇸 Mount Holly 39.995

🇹🇷 Keçiören 40

🇺🇸 Merion Station 40.002

🇹🇲 Türkmenbaşy 40.017

🇺🇸 Boulder 40.026

South of: 39.983

🇺🇸 Carmel 39.978

🇺🇸 Brighton 39.965

🇨🇳 Haidian 39.96

🇪🇸 Talavera de la Reina 39.959

🇺🇸 Broomfield 39.954

🇺🇸 Philadelphia 39.95

🇺🇸 West Chester 39.95

🇺🇸 Upper Darby 39.95

🇦🇲 Artashat 39.95

🇺🇸 York 39.95

East of: 15.717

🇵🇱 Jelenia Góra 15.736

🇦🇴 Huambo 15.738

🇵🇱 Świdwin 15.767

🇨🇿 Pardubice 15.767

🇨🇿 Chrudim 15.783

🇮🇹 Potenza 15.799

🇵🇱 Drawsko Pomorskie 15.8

🇭🇷 Zaprešić 15.8

🇨🇿 Hradec Králové 15.817

🇮🇹 Palmi 15.849

West of: 15.717

🇵🇱 Nowa Sól 15.717

🇳🇦 Oshakati 15.683

🇨🇿 Jihlava 15.671

🇮🇹 Reggio Calabria 15.652

🇮🇹 Reggio 15.65

🇸🇮 Maribor 15.646

🇸🇪 Falun 15.629

🇸🇪 Linköping 15.624

🇦🇹 Weiz 15.622

🇦🇹 Sankt Pölten 15.617

Antipodal to Maratea is: -164.283,-39.983

Locations Near: Maratea 15.7167,39.9833

🇮🇹 Potenza 15.799,40.637 d: 73  

🇮🇹 Cosenza 16.25,39.3 d: 88.6  

🇮🇹 Corigliano-Rossano 16.633,39.567 d: 91  

🇮🇹 Matera 16.6,40.667 d: 106.7  

🇮🇹 Altamura 16.55,40.817 d: 116.5  

🇮🇹 Salerno 14.767,40.683 d: 112  

🇮🇹 Avellino 14.793,40.915 d: 129.8  

🇮🇹 Ariano Irpino 15.083,41.15 d: 140.3  

🇮🇹 Vibo Valentia 16.083,38.667 d: 149.8  

🇮🇹 Catanzaro 16.584,38.914 d: 140.3  

Antipodal to: Maratea -164.283,-39.983

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 17677  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 17089.3  

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17145.5  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 17017.1  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13307.6  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13216.4  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13202.2  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 13197.9  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13197.7  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 13168.1  

Flood Risk: Climate Central 39.9833 15.7167

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