I drove from Polignano a Mare > Matera. On the way I passed through what seemed to be this gorgeous fairly affluent area with rolling hills & pristine Palazzos. By chance does anyone know what this may have been? Is it Vall d'atria?
The name Italia, probably a Graecized form of Italic Vitelia (='calf land'), was originally restricted to the southern half of the 'toe' but was gradually extended. By 450 B.C. It meant the region subsequently inhabited by the Bruttii; by 400 it embraced Lucania as well. Campania was included after ...
