}}'''Maratea''' ({{IPA-|it|maraˈtɛːa|IPA}}; {{lang-langx|nap|Marathia|label=[[Neapolitan language|Marateota]]}} {{IPA-nap|maraˈtiːə|}}) is an Italian town and ''[[comune]]'' of [[Basilicata]], in the [[province of Potenza]]. It is the only ''comune'' of the [[region]] on the [[Tyrrhenian Sea|Tyrrhenian coast]], and is known as "the Pearl of the Tyrrhenian". Owing to the considerable number of its churches and chapels it has also been described as "the town with 44 churches". It is a memberone of the [[I Borghi più belli d'Italia]] ("The most beautiful villages of Italy") association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/basilicata/|title=Basilicata|date=10 January 2017 |access-date=1 August 2023|language=it}}</ref>
==Geography==
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* '''Massa'''
:The name means "farm"the ormanor "estatefarm", this is the largest outlying district of Maratea.
