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Paterno

Province: Potenza · Region: Basilicata · Population: 3,423 · Postal code: 85050

At nine in the evening on 16 December 1857 the Val d'Agri earthquake caused carnage. The next day the people of Paterno carried the statue of the Madonna del Carmelo in procession, and the story told ever since is that when it reached the Pantano quarter, before the caved-in houses and the carts loaded with the dead, the Madonna turned her face away and wept blood. Every 17 December that procession is walked again.

As a comune the town is young: until 4 May 1973 it was a hamlet of Marsico Nuovo. The great emigration of the late nineteenth century had taken some 1,500 people away. There are 3,423 residents.

The Paterno guide

Where to stay

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Events & festivals 1

Next up: Saint John the Evangelist and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, patrons of Paterno, Wednesday 5 May

Getting there

Nearest airport: Bari Palese, 121 km away

🎉 Festivals and feasts in Paterno 1

Patron saint festival In 202 days

Saint John the Evangelist and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, patrons of Paterno

📅 Every year, on 5 and 6 May, with procession and fair; Our Lady of Mount Carmel, co-patroness, on 16 July

Paterno celebrates Saint John the Evangelist on 5 and 6 May, with procession and fair; co-patroness is Our Lady of Mount Carmel, celebrated with a fair on 15 July and a procession on the 16th. The town's calendar also includes numerous district feasts, from the Sacred Heart to Saint Anthony, from the Assumption to Saint Roch.

What's around

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Near Paterno

The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.

Marsico Nuovo Marsico Nuovo Potenza · 5 km Padula Padula Salerno · 7 km Tramutola Tramutola Potenza · 7 km Marsicovetere Marsicovetere Potenza · 7 km Montesano sulla Marcellana Montesano sulla Marcellana Salerno · 11 km Sala Consilina Sala Consilina Salerno · 11 km

Places to see within 25 km

Outside Paterno, but an easy day trip away.

certosa di Parma 📍 Parma · 8.3 km The charterhouse of Stendhal's title, now a police school and rarely open. Parma Baptistery 📍 Parma · 11 km Benedetto Antelami’s pink marble masterpiece, a European landmark bridging Romanesque and Gothic design in Parma. arco di San Lazzaro 📍 Parma · 9.8 km Arch of San Lazzaro in Parma, built in 1628 on via Emilia Est, restored in 2005. chiesa di San Sepolcro 📍 Parma · 11 km The Holy Sepulchre canons' church on the via Emilia, with a coffered ceiling. abbazia di San Giovanni Evangelista 📍 Parma · 11 km Correggio's second dome in Parma, and the Benedictine pharmacy with its jars in rows. teatro Farnese 📍 Parma · 12 km The Farnese wooden theatre in the Pilotta, inaugurated with a naval battle in the stalls.