Colobraro

Colobraro is located in southern Italy in the region of Basilicata. It is one of the agricultural centers in the Sinni River valley. It is located on the southern slopes of Mount Calvario at a height of 630 m, with views of the whole Ionian Sea coast. Colobraro is located near Highway 653, not far from the dam built on the Sinni river and Mount Cotugno. It borders the towns of Valsinni, Tursi, Rotondella, Senise, Sant'Arcangelo and Noepoli. Colobraro is about 80 km from the province's capital of Matera, and about 130 km from the region's capital of Potenza.

The hamlet is known as the "village with a name":[3][4] its name is considered bringer of good luck in the towns around, where Colobraro is usually mentioned in the local dialects simply as chillu paese, cudd' puaise or chill' pais, all simply meaning "Colobraro".

The reason for Colobraro being called “luck village” or “the lucky village” A guy said the if he won a court case he will have money to feed his family so he won the case and the next day he got a loto ticket and won. Ever since the town became known for being associated with luckiness. The haunted village known as Italy's 'unluckiest' town. By Sonia Taylor, Honey Travel]</ref>

Throughout, many instances of freak accidents, and instances involving 'masciare', powerful women that were known in the 1950s in southern Italy for casting spells and using black magic, finished the reputation for Colobraro being unlucky, and being cursed. [5]

Not only, the name Colobraro, derives from the Latin word 'coluber', meaning serpent, seen as the embodiment of evil. [6]