Banzi

Banzi stands at about 570 metres in the north-east of the province of Potenza, on the border with Apulia. Its name is linked to the Tabula Bantina, a bronze tablet bearing the longest and most complex text in the Oscan language ever found, together with a Latin text.

The village is home to the ancient abbey of Santa Maria di Banzi, of Benedictine origin, and a rare Roman augural temple has been identified in its territory. The surrounding countryside of hills and wheat fields looks towards Mount Vulture and the Murge.