htm ▁and ▁. ▁Much ▁voc ab ul ary ▁in ▁the ▁local ▁dialect s ▁at ▁R ip ac and ia ▁- and ▁in ▁Northern ▁Luc ania ▁in ▁general ▁- is ▁also ▁dedu ced ▁from ▁the ▁Arab ic ▁language , ▁for ▁example ▁" v ad one " ▁from ▁" al ▁w adi " ▁for ▁" river ▁stream ". ▁See : ▁Big al ke , ▁R ainer : ▁" D iz ionario ▁d iale tt ale ▁della ▁bas il ic ata | Con ▁un ▁bre ve ▁s aggio ▁della ▁fon et ica , ▁un ' int rodu zione ▁sulla ▁storia ▁dei ▁d iale tt i ▁luc ani ▁e ▁note ▁et im olog iche ", ▁M uen ster , ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁German ▁lingu ist ▁Big al ke ▁did ▁his ▁field work ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁Bas il ic ata ▁and ▁shortly ▁also ▁at ▁R ip ac and ida . ▁ ▁Mon uments ▁of ▁interest ▁The ▁center ▁of ▁town ▁has ▁architecture ▁of ▁mainly ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁and ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁The ▁exception ▁is ▁the ▁Casa ▁L io y , ▁a ▁palace ▁built ▁in ▁ 1 0 8 9 ▁with ▁subsequent ▁reconst ru ctions . ▁ ▁Relig ious ▁architecture ▁▁ ▁The ▁church ▁of ▁Santa ▁Maria ▁del ▁Sep ul cro ▁is ▁church ▁in ▁R ip ac and ida . ▁Pre viously , ▁the ▁site ▁had ▁hous ed ▁a ▁church ▁dedicated ▁to ▁Saint ▁Catherine ▁of ▁Alexand ria . ▁A ▁new ▁church ▁was ▁built ▁to ▁cons