Teana

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.

• Name — Teana • Official Name — Comune di Teana • Province — (PZ) • Mayor — Vincenzo Fiorenza • Area Total Km2 — 19.3 • Population Total — 683 • Population As Of — December 2008 • Population Demonym — Teanesi • Elevation M — 806 • Istat — 076087 • Saint — Saint Blaise • Day — 8 August - 9 August • Postal Code — 85030 • Area Code — 0973 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.

section 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.