Basilicata is an Italian region in the south of the country and Italy's best keep secret. The area is mostly mountainous and some towns and village are built on the tops of the hills. Basilicata has an population of around 575 thousand and the people living there are called Lucanians, the old name of the region is Lucania. The name Basilicata is probably derives from the Greek word "basilikos" what means "from the king", in the case the emperor of the Byzantine empire who owned this are from 536/552 to 571/590 and an final period from 879/1059. The region has two provinces, Matera is the eastern one with an coastline at the Ionian Sea and Potenza is the western one with an small coastline at the Tyrrhenian Sea. The main economy is mainly agriculture and 46% is the cultivation of wheat, but on the more mountainous terrain is good for potatoes and maize. So let's take an look at the flag.
The flag has an blue background with the coat of arms of Basilicata. I don't have any idea what is the meaning of it. The 4 blue waves of the coat of arms stands for 4 rivers that are flows trough the region. Namely the Bradano, Basento, Agri and Sinni all of them have their sources in the west and emptying somewhere east. The flag is simple and maybe an bit to simple.
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