BASILICATA, a territorial division of Italy, now known as the province of Potenza, which formed a part of the ancient Lucania (q.v). It is bounded N. by the province of Foggia, NE. by those of Ban and Lecce, E. by the Gulf of Taranto (for a distance of 24 m.), S. by the province of Cdsnza, and W. by the Mediterranean(for a distaf~ce of 10 m. only), and by the provinces of Salerno and Avellino. It has an area of 3845 sq. m. The province is as a whole mountainous, the highest point being the Monte Pollino (7325 ft.) on the boundary of the province of Cosenza, while the Monte Vulture, atthe N.W. extremity, is an extinct volcano (4365 ft.)