Tricarico (Lucano: Trëcàrëchë IPA: [trəˈkæːrəkə]; Greek: Triakrikon)[citation needed] is a town and comune in the province of Matera, Basilicata, southern Italy.

According to a slightly different hypothesis, it could have originally been Triacricon, deriving from the Greek words tria/treis and acron/acra, which during Antiquity and Early Middle Ages meant both an "apex/summit", and a "citadel", with Triacricon thus meaning a city made by connecting "three citadels".

Although of ancient origin, the first news documented about the town dates to 849, when it was a Lombard county included in the gastaldate of Salerno.

The roads and alleys of the historical center reflect the Arabic quarters of the Ràbata and the Saracena.

Sights in the town include: The archaeological area of Civita is situated outside the city.