Patron saint festival In 216 days
Feast of Saint Faustinus
📅 Every year, on 20 May
On 20 May Vaglio Basilicata celebrates Saint Faustinus, in the town that has behind it the archaeological park of Serra di Vaglio.
At Rossano di Vaglio stood the federal sanctuary of the Lucanians, the place where the whole people gathered: it was dedicated to the goddess Mefitis and was in use from the fifth century BC onwards. On the hill of Serra di Vaglio was the settlement instead, with its princely tombs, occupied between the fifth and the third century BC.
The town's name is traced back to Balios, in Greek myth the forefather of a breed of horses: they were probably raised here. The Museo delle Antiche Genti di Lucania also holds the so-called Lucanian portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, an alleged likeness that surfaced in 2008. There are 2,074 residents.
The Vaglio Basilicata guide
What to see 3
parco archeologico di Serra di Vaglio · museo delle antiche genti di Lucania · Museo della civiltà rurale di Vaglio Basilicata
Where to stay 18
18 places to stay · top rated: RESIDENZA BALIOS 9.6 · Dimora storica Giorni resort & spa 9.5
Events & festivals 1
Next up: Feast of Saint Faustinus, Thursday 20 May
Getting there
Nearest airport: Bari Palese, 89 km away
Tours, tickets and experiences
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What to see in Vaglio Basilicata
parco archeologico di Serra di Vaglio Every block of the 4th-century BC walls carries an incised Greek builders' letter 
museo delle antiche genti di Lucania Home of the Ritratto lucano, the poplar panel some attribute to Leonardo da Vinci 
Museo della civiltà rurale di Vaglio Basilicata Objects and photographs gathered in the village by the ACLI association, beside one of the two old gates. Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
Near Vaglio Basilicata
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Vaglio Basilicata, but an easy day trip away.
Basilica cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta 📍 Carpi · 24 km Carpi cathedral begun in 1514 to Peruzzi's design, reopened in 2017 after the 2012 earthquake. Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola 📍 Carpi · 24 km Jesuit church of 1670-1682 in Carpi, on a Greek-cross plan, with scagliola altars and the diocesan museum. Chiesa di Santa Maria in Castello 📍 Carpi · 24 km Romanesque pieve of 1184, the oldest church in Carpi, with a Peruzzi façade and twelfth-century frescoes. Chiesa di San Bernardino da Siena 📍 Carpi · 24 km Patron church of Carpi, begun in 1604, with the reliquary bust of Saint Bernardino of Siena.