Basilicata touches the Tyrrhenian for barely thirty kilometres and spends every one of them well: Maratea is a run of black-and-turquoise coves beneath a vertical mountain, its Christ the Redeemer — twenty-one metres of white marble, among the tallest Christ statues in the world — arms open over the gulf of Policastro since 1965.
The old town, called "the town of 44 churches", weaves lanes, noble portals and small squares made for long evenings. The little harbour mixes fishing boats and sails; sea caves are explored with the fishermen. A pearl off the main routes — which is part of the charm.
Christ the Redeemer of Maratea · statua del Redentore
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Next up: The translation of Saint Blaise, Saturday 1 May
Nearest airport: Lamezia Terme, 129 km away
Maratea is part of 🏘️ Villages 🏖️ Seaside
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📅 Every year, from the Saturday before the first Sunday of May to the second Sunday
Eight days of feasting in May, with the statue carried in procession four times. What is remembered is not the saint's martyrdom but the day his relics reached Maratea.
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Outside Maratea, but an easy day trip away.
