Miglionico is a town and comune in Basilicata, southern Italy. It is one of I Borghi pił belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). Miglionico is located in the middle Bradano valley, and stands on a hill between the Bradano and Basento rivers in the central-eastern part of the province of Matera. The origins of Miglionico are remote, probably dating back to an Enotrian city, as evidenced by tombs and vases, found in its territory, dating back to the 6th century BC. According to tradition, Miglionico was founded by Milo, from whom the name of the city also derives; he was a famous athlete from Crotone in the 6th century BC, winner in the battle against Sibari, and defined as an Olympian because he was a multiple winner as a wrestler in the Olympic Games. According to another interpretation, however, the founder of Miglionico was Milo of Taranto, a lieutenant of Pyrrhus who also took part in the battle of Heraclea. He arrived on the hills between Bradano and Basento and founded a military colony there, calling it Miglionico. However, Miglionico was most likely founded by the Oenotrians, a local Italic tribe. After the Greek colonization, it was held by the Lucani, followed by the Samnites until 458 BC, when it was conquered by the Romans.

The massive Castello del Malconsiglio ("Castle of the Bad Council") was built in the 8th-9th century, and in 1110 Count Alessandro di Andria, lord of the castle at the time, carried out the first expansion by building the upper floor. The third phase of its construction took place in the 15th century. The castle has the shape of a parallelogram, flanked by seven towers, some square (the oldest), two double towers and others circular, placed at the vertices of the building.
In the Middle Ages the story of Miglionico was strongly connected to its large castle, which was held by the Hauteville Normans and then by the Sanseverino. After the latter where slaughtered by order of Frederick II (1245), Miglionico was assigned to his son Manfred. After the latter's fall, however, the Sanseverino were re-instated, holding the town until the abolition of feudalism. This castle, over which so many centuries have passed, still stands strong with its black towers and seems to want to challenge the next centuries.