Stigliano

Stigliano stands at about 900 metres and is the highest municipality in the province of Matera, with a large territory sloping down to the Sauro and Agri valleys. Its origins are ancient: founded by the Lucanians, it later came under the influence of Greek Metaponto.

Its 17th-century convent holds a wooden crucifix attributed to friar Umile da Petralia, linked by tradition to the miracle that freed the town from the plague in 1656. The small museum «L’angolo della memoria» collects tools, traditional costumes and an old stone olive press.