Craco
Craco is a town in the province of Matera, Italy. It was abandoned towards the end of the 20th century due to natural disasters. The abandonment has made Craco a tourist attraction and a popular filming location.Photo: Idéfix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Andrea Tomassi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Craco
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Italian comune
- Categories: commune of Italy, ghost town, tourism, ruins and historic site
- Location: Province of Matera, Basilicata, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.3781° or 40° 22' 41" northLongitude
16.4396° or 16° 26' 22" eastPopulation
707Elevation
338 metres (1,109 feet)Open Location Code
8FGR9CHQ+7ROpenStreetMap ID
way 192975081OpenStreetMap Feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
6537645Wikidata ID
Q52285Craco Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Craco
- Arabic: كراكو
- Armenian: Կրակո
- Armenian: Քրաքօ
- Azerbaijani: Krako
- Basque: Craco
- Breton: Craco
- Bulgarian: Крако
- Catalan: Craco
- Cebuano: Craco
- Chechen: Крако
- Chinese: Craco
- Chinese: 克拉科
- Czech: Craco
- Danish: Craco
- Dutch: Craco
- Egyptian Arabic: كراكو
- English: Ruins of old Craco
- Esperanto: Craco
- Finnish: Craco
- French: Craco
- German: Craco
- Hebrew: Craco
- Hebrew: קראקו
- Hungarian: Craco
- Indonesian: Craco
- Interlingua: Craco
- Irish: Craco
- Italian: Comune di Craco
- Italian: Craco
- Japanese: クラーコ
- Kazakh: Крако
- Ladin: Craco
- Latin: Cracum
- Latin: Graculum
- Latvian: Krako
- Lithuanian: Krakas
- Lombard: Craco
- Macedo-Romanian: Craco
- Malay: Craco
- Min Nan Chinese: Craco
- Neapolitan: Craco
- Norwegian: Craco
- Norwegian Bokmål: Craco
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Craco
- Occitan (post 1500): Craco
- Persian: کراکو
- Piemontese: Craco
- Polish: Craco
- Portuguese: Craco
- Romanian: Craco
- Russian: Крако
- Serbian: Крако
- Sicilian: Cracu
- South Azerbaijani: کراکو (کومونه)
- South Azerbaijani: کراکو
- Spanish: Craco
- Swedish: Craco
- Tagalog: Craco
- Tatar: Крако
- Turkish: Craco
- Ukrainian: Крако
- Venetian: Craco
- Volapük: Craco
- Waray (Philippines): Craco
- Western Armenian: Քրաքօ
- 077007
- Rovine di Craco
Other Places Named Craco
In the Area
Craco is situated close to the localities Contrada Carrara Bianca and Macchitelle.
- CracoVillage
- Contrada Mesola della PiscinaLocality, 3½ km southwest
- Piane CarosielloLocality, 4 km southeast
- Macchia di ScelsiLocality, 4 km southeast
- Craco PeschieraVillage, 5 km southeast
- CiucheraLocality, 5 km east
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Craco. Photo: Andrea Tomassi, CC BY-SA 2.0.