Statistics on Maratea | Facts and Figures

Maybe not everyone knows that Maratea ...

Maratea has some small records, with statistics not always known and numbers that make it a truly unique location.

cave numbers

...in the marateoto territory, there are 131 registered caves, of which 51 are marine, constituting more than 50% of all the caves in Basilicata

...the Cave of Wonders or Marina Cave with its 90 meters of extension is the smallest tourist cave in Italy

…Grotta del Dragone in Acquafredda is Basilicata’s largest cave, with 2.4 km of fully explored passages. It contains tunnels, chambers and other natural wonders, including a beach, but is not open to visitors because of the dangers involved.

some "physical" numbers

...the marateoto territory is 67,000 sq m, it extends for 32,000 meters of coastline and is crossed by over 200,000 m of roads, of which 152,000 are municipal, the rest being state and provincial

...in August 2003 the sea water was the warmest in Italy, with 32.2° C

...the water from the faucets is so rich in calcium that it has 2,300 mg/l of residue

other numbers

...on the WEB there are over 600,000 documents and over 11,000 photos or images related to the word MARATEA

...in Italy there are 170 telephone user families with the surname "Maratea" or "Marateo"

…on 21 September 2002, Alessandro Rignani Lolli set the world depth record in constant-weight freediving, reaching 88 metres in the waters off Maratea.

... in the waters north of the island of S. Janni, there is the most important Mediterranean deposit of lead anchors from Roman times stock

...every fifteen days a UV radiation bulletin is produced to know the risks of sun exposure on the beaches of the Lucanian Tyrrhenian coast, obtained through the measurement station in Castrocucco and accessible at any time on the ARPAB website.

...on July 30, 1894, the 62.710 km railway line segment from Pisciotta to Praja d'Aieta to Tortora was inaugurated, bringing the train to Maratea for the first time.

... along the entire railway route in the territory of Maratea, there are 4 long tunnels: Acquafredda (approx. 3896 m), Arma (2269 m), Maratea (2424 m with a gradient of 12 per thousand), and finally the one called Castrocucco (2622 m). Additionally, there are some abandoned tunnels built after the doubling of the track, which occurred in the mid-1950s of the previous century.

…“MARATEA” was the name of the first steamship launched in 1885 by the Muggiano shipyard. The yard began operating in 1883 as “Giorgio Henfrey & C.”, repairing vessels used to transport ore for the Pertusola foundry, and is now widely known as FINCANTIERI.

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