Teana

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Comune in Basilicata, Italy

Teana
Comune
Comune di Teana

Location of Teana
40°8′N 16°9′E / 40.133°N 16.150°E / 40.133; 16.150
Country	Italy
Region	Basilicata
Province	Potenza (PZ)
Government
• Mayor	Vincenzo Fiorenza
Area ^[1]
• Total	19.3 km² (7.5 sq mi)
Elevation	806 m (2,644 ft)
Population (December 2008)^[2]
• Total	683
• Density	35/km² (92/sq mi)
Demonym	Teanesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	85030
Dialing code	0973
Patron saint	Saint Blaise
Saint day	8 August - 9 August
Website	Official website

Teana is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata.

The name Teana is a derivative of the Greek word "Theano", the wife of Pythagoras, the philosopher and mathematician. Local legend states the town was formed from members of Pythagorean school.

The village of 600 is home to a distinctive pasta shape — rasccatieddi di miscchieddu — that was the subject of an episode of the program Shape of Pasta.^[3]

Main sights

Some of the local landmarks and points of interest are the ruins of a Lombard Castle, the Church of our Lady of Mount Carmel, the Chapel of San Christofaro, and the Chapel of Santa Maria delle Grazie. In the past, the region was known for the production of silk from silkworms.

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
^ "Roku". Archived from the original on 2021-05-23. Retrieved 2021-05-23.