Pisticci (Metapontino: Pestìzze; Latin: Pesticium) is a town comune in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.

In 1542 it was expanded by the addition of two extra aisles, constructed by Pietro and Antonio Laviola, two brothers who were later accused of murder in Mantua.

The interior walls of the church are decorated with 18th-century pictures painted by Domenico Guarino, among which Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the Madonna del Pozzo, and the Mysteries of the Rosary are especially notable.

From April 1939 and during World War II, Pisticci was the site of a concentration camp considered the first in Fascist Italy.

[3][4][5] On 14 September 1943, the Special Air Service raided the camp and freed approximately 200 prisoners captive there during Operation Speedwell.