Anglona
Part of The Encyclopedia of Southern Italy.
Anglona: An ancient Lucanian city of uncertain location, although its site was probably in the vicinity of modern Tursi [MT]. Some scholars believe that it was the same city as the Greek Pandosia (not the same as the Pandosia in Bruttium). It this identification is correct, then the city survived throughout the Roman era, only to be finally sacked by the Visigoths in AD 410. Even after this disaster, a community continued to exist on the site. Under the Byzantines, this town was centered about the Basilian monastery of Sant’Archistratico. In AD 968, it became the site of a diocese. The center suffered from the turmoil that gripped southern Italy during medieval times and was finally abandoned during the first half of the 13th century. The seat of the diocese was transferred to nearby Tursi in 1545. The principal point of interest surviving on the site of Anglona/Pandosia is the ruined 13th century Cathedral of S. Maria del Anglona, which still retains traces of frescoes.