Colobraro

Colobraro
Comune
Comune di Colobraro
View of the town
View of the town
Coat of arms of Colobraro
Coat of arms
Colobraro is located in Italy
Colobraro
Colobraro
Location of Colobraro in Italy
Colobraro is located in Basilicata
Colobraro
Colobraro
Colobraro (Basilicata)
Coordinates: 40°11′N 16°26′E / 40.183°N 16.433°E / 40.183; 16.433
CountryItaly
RegionBasilicata
ProvinceMatera (MT)
Government
 • MayorAndrea Bernardo
Area
[1]
 • Total
65.91 km2 (25.45 sq mi)
Elevation
630 m (2,070 ft)
Population
 (December 2017)[2]
 • Total
1,243
 • Density18.86/km2 (48.84/sq mi)
DemonymColobraresi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
75021
Dialing code0835
ISTAT code077006
Patron saintSt. Nicholas
Saint day7 May
WebsiteOfficial website

Colobraro (Lucano: Culuvrér) is a town and comune in the province of Matera, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. The town is positioned on a high hill dominating the valley of the river Sinni, near the town of Valsinni.

Geography

Colobraro is located in southern Italy in the region of Basilicata. It is one of the agricultural centers in the Sinni River valley, located on the southern slopes of Mount Calvario at a height of 630 m, with views of the whole Ionian Sea coast. Colobraro is located near Highway 653, not far from the dam built on the Sinni River and Mount Cotugno. It borders the towns of Valsinni, Tursi, Rotondella, Senise, Sant'Arcangelo and Noepoli. Colobraro is about 80 km from the province's capital of Matera, and about 130 km from the region's capital of Potenza.

History

The hamlet is known as the "village without a name".[3][4] Its name is considered a bringer of bad luck in the nearby towns, where Colobraro is usually mentioned in the local dialects simply as chillu paese, cudd' puaise or chill' pais, all simply meaning "that village".

The origin of the town's reputation for bringing bad luck stems from a tale in which a successful lawyer, who took on a case in Colobraro, proclaimed that if he were not to win the case, the chandelier in the courthouse should fall. At that exact moment, the chandelier fell and shattered. Since then, the town has been associated with bad luck. [5]

Many stories are told of freak accidents and instances involving masciare, powerful women reputed in southern Italy in the 1950s to cast spells and use black magic, thus fixing Colobraro's reputation for being unlucky and cursed. [5]

Additionally, the name Colobraro derives from the Latin word coluber, meaning serpent, often considered the embodiment of evil. [5]

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
  3. ^ "Il paese che portasfortuna" (in Italian)
  4. ^ Colobraro Atlas Obscura (in English)
  5. ^ a b c The haunted village known as Italy's 'unluckiest' town. By Sonia Taylor, Honey Travel


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