Pietrapertosa

Surrounded by an endless series of viewpoints, mountain streams and rocky cliffs, the municipality of Pietrapertosa is the highest in Basilicata and reaches 1,020 metres above sea level. Over the centuries, the houses, churches and squares of this small town have become one with the local rock on which their foundations rest. Landscape and architecture incorporate each other and form visual glimpses and atmospheres of a living nativity scene, somewhat natural and somewhat artificial.  Before leaving Pietrapertosa, a visit to the adjacent village of Castelmezzano, equally enchanting, is strongly recommended. Even better if, to reach Castelmezzano, one decides to follow the route of "The Angel's Flight", open in fine weather.  Clinging to a secure steel cable, "The Angel's Flight" crosses the gorges and woods dividing Pietrapertosa and Castelmezzano and allows you to observe the area from a new and adrenaline-filled viewpoint: the rocks that make up the enchanted landscape of the Lucanian Little Dolomites seem to take on ever-new and changing shapes.