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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Maratea
| official_name = Città di Maratea
| native_name = {{native name|el|Marathia}}
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| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.maratea.pz.it/}}
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}}'''Maratea''' ({{IPA
==Geography==
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In the 11th-12th century, since the ''Castello'' could no longer accommodate the increasing population, some of the people of Maratea decided to found a new urban centre, historically called the ''Borgo'' (a word that means "village" in [[Italian language|Italian]]). Today the ancient ''Borgo'' is the principal urban centre of Maratea. In view of the risk from Saracen attacks, the ''Borgo'' was situated behind Mount San Biagio, so that it could not be seen from the sea.
In 1282 the [[War of the Sicilian Vespers]] began, in which the houses of [[Capetian House of Anjou|Angevins]] and [[House of
From 1566 to 1595, six guardhouse-towers were built along the coastline, to protect the new villages that had developed in the meantime: ''Acquafredda'', ''Cersuta'' and ''Porto''.
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On 2 May 1676 the village of the ''Borgo'' was besieged by 160 bandits. However, the guards of the ''Castello'' killed the bandit leader and captured the remainder of the gang.
In the 18th century Maratea entered a period of progress and prosperity; on April 12, 1734, the first hospital of [[Basilicata]] was opened in the town. Many of the so-called 44 churches were built during this period.
When [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] proclaimed himself King of [[Naples]], Maratea was one of the few cities which did not accept French supremacy. In August 1806 the nearby town of [[Lauria]], whose citizens also refused to acknowledge Napoleon, was set on fire by general [[André Masséna]]. Alessandro Mandarini, mayor of Maratea and commander of its castle, believing that Maratea would be the next target, evacuated the inhabitants to [[Sicily]]. Since Mandarini had been promised relief from the English army, he remained, with only 1,000 men, to defend the castle and the town. After three days under siege, Mandarini, who did not receive any help by the English, was forced to surrender (December 10, 1806). In token of their great admiration for the brave resistance, the French spared the lives of the rebels, but ordered them to pull down the walls of the castle. The latter was slowly abandoned during the 19th and 20th century.
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After the return of the [[House of Bourbon]] to the throne of [[Naples]], a movement developed that would have brought about the political unification of the peninsula. In 1848, one of its leaders, the revolutionary Costabile Carducci, was killed after years of being hunted by the Neapolitan militia.
In 1861, Italy was finally united. However, at this time Maratea suffered extreme poverty, in common with the rest of [[Basilicata]]. Many of its inhabitants emigrated to the [[United States
Thanks to the help of Stefano Rivetti, an Italian industrialist, in the 1950s the economic situation of Maratea improved: factories (a wooden-mill and an industrial estate) and many hotels were opened.
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