Garaguso

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Garaguso
Comune
Comune di Garaguso
Location of Garaguso
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	75010
Dialing code	0835
Patron saint	Gaudentius of Rimini
Saint day	14 August
Website	Official website

Garaguso is a town and comune in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.

Geography

Garaguso is an agricultural center in the upper valley of the

The results of archaeological investigations indicate that the area was inhabited since prehistoric times. The temple of Garaguso, Heroon is of note, revealing a strong Greek presence in the area.[3]

In 1060, Garaguso was included in the jurisdiction of the

This parish church of Garguso dates to the eighteenth-century and has a clay sculpture of the fifteenth century depicting the Madonna della Puglia and a canvas painted in 1761 by Deodato da Tolve.[3] In 1702, Cardinal Gaspare Carpegna donated a leg bone of Gaudentius of Rimini from Ostra to the parish priest, and in 1794, Fortunato Pinto [it], the bishop of Tricarico, donated an arm bone to the same parish.^[5] Gaudentius remains Garaguso's patron saint, though he is unusually celebrated on 14 August,^[5][6] rather than his death date on 14 October, so as not to interrupt the mid-October sowing season.^[5]

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