Stadio Comunale Tonino D'Angelo

History

Tursi (Turse in Tursitano dialect; Ancient Greek: Θυρσοί, romanized: Thursoí; Latin: Tursium) is an Italian comune of 4,712 inhabitants in the province of Matera in Basilicata, elevated to a city by decree of the President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi on May 4, 2006. The municipality is home to the Basso Sinni mountain community. The urban center began to develop in the 5th century around the castle, in 1561 it was among the most populous, and in 1601 it was the city in the province of the kingdom with the largest number of fires, numbering 1799, ahead of Melfi (1772), Venosa (1095), Potenza (1082) and Tricarico (1073). In 968, in Byzantine times, Tursi became the capital of the theme of Lucania, and an episcopal see of the Greek rite.