Around here Colobraro is not called by name: they say chille paìse, that village, because naming it is supposed to bring bad luck. The story goes that in the forties a notable told a meeting that if he was lying the chandelier should fall on his head; and the chandelier fell. There is no proof.
In 1952 Ernesto de Martino came here with his team, and told of two misfortunes: the car broke down on the climb, and the repair cost 23,000 lire; then the piper who was to guide them fell from a lorry and died, an hour before the meeting. From the expedition remains a photograph by Franco Pinna, long taken for a masciara's portrait: the woman was Maria Francesca Fiorenza, a peasant and a weaver. There are 1,342 residents.
Pane di Matera
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Next up: Saint Nicholas, patron of the mother church of a town that passed through the Poderico, Pignatelli and Carafa families, Sunday 9 May
Nearest airport: Bari Palese, 110 km away
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📅 Every year, on 9 May
Colobraro celebrates Saint Nicholas on 9 May, patron of the mother church of San Nicola di Bari; the town was assigned in the 14th century to the Poderico family, then to the Pignatelli, then to the Carafa, who held it as a principality from 1617, and finally to the Donnaperna.
Durum wheat semolina, thick crust, shaped as a horn or a tall loaf: Pane di Matera has held Protected Geographical Indication status since 2008.
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Outside Colobraro, but an easy day trip away.
