Only in Italy are there historical villages that may have given birth almost simultaneously to a brigand who sows fear and an intellectual end that makes hope grow. This is the case of Rionero in Vulture, a village surrounded by natural beauty in Basilicata. Here the brigand was Carmine Donatelli known as Crocco and the intellectual Giustino Fortunato, southern end.

This village is located at the foot of the Vulture, an ancient extinct volcano. The municipality was awarded the silver medal of civil merit for self-sacrifice during the Second World War. The city is famous throughout Italy for its wealth of mineral water sources.