They call it the village of doorways, and it is not a figure of speech: in the old centre the entrances to the houses are carved one by one, and they are worth the walk more than any single monument. It was Vineola, then Vignola; from 1863 Pignola di Basilicata, and only from 1935 plain Pignola.
Down at Pantano lies a lake born from a marsh drained in the twentieth century, now a regional reserve and a WWF oasis. Pignola and Potenza quarrelled over that water for years: in 1747 they went to court over the lake and the woods around it, which at the time meant fish and good straw. The 6,699 residents live at 927 metres.
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📅 Every year, from the third Saturday to the fourth Sunday of May
From the third Saturday to the fourth Sunday of May Pignola celebrates Our Lady of the Angels: the image climbs from the sanctuary in the plain to the Chiesa Madre on the hill, a route kept for centuries.
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