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Palizzi
Palizzi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio Calabria. The southernmost point in mainland Italy lies in Palizzi. It is one of the Greek (Griko dialect) speaking villages of Bovesia one of the two Griko-speaking areas of southern Italy. Palizzi borders the following municipalities: Bova, Bova Marina, Brancaleone, Staiti. See also *Calabrian wine Calabrian wine (Italian: ''Vino Calabrese'') is Italian wine from the Calabria region of southern Italy. Over 90% of the region's wine production is red wine, with a large portion made from the Gaglioppo grape. Calabria has 12 ''Denominazion ... * Capo Spartivento Calabro Lighthouse References External links Comunedipalizzi.it/ Cities and towns in Calabria {{Calabria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capo Spartivento Calabro Lighthouse
Capo Spartivento Calabro Lighthouse ( it, Faro di Capo Spartivento Calabro) is an active lighthouse located on the south-easternmost place in Italy in the municipality of Palizzi, Calabria on the Ionian Sea. Description The lighthouse was built in 1867 and consists of a white square prism masonry tower, high, with balcony and lantern, rising from, the seaside front, of a 1-storey white keeper's house. The lantern, painted in grey metallic, is positioned at above sea level and emits one white flash in an 8 seconds period, visible up to a distance of . The lighthouse is completely automated and is operated by the Marina Militare with the identification code number 3384 E.F. See also * List of lighthouses in Italy * Palizzi Palizzi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio Calabria. The southernmost point in mainland Italy lies in Palizzi. ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bovesia
Bovesia, otherwise known as Grecìa Calabra (Calabrian Greece), is one of the two remaining Griko-speaking areas in southern Italy, the other being Grecìa Salentina. It is located at the tip of Calabria, near Reggio, and consists of nine villages. Its population is significantly smaller than the one of Grecìa Salentina. It consists of the villages: * Bova (Calabrian Greek ''Chòra tu Vùa'', ''Βοῦα'', or ''i Chora'') and Bova Marina (Greek ''Jalo tu Vùa'') (3870 inhabitants) * Palizzi (''Spiròpoli'') and Palizzi Marina, *Condofuri (''Kontofyria'', or ''Kontochòri'', meaning «near the village») * Gallicianò and Amendolea, * Roccaforte del Greco (Greek ''Vuni'') *Roghudi Roghudi ( el, label=Calabrian Greek, Ροχούδι, Richùdi, or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio C ... (Greek: ''Roghudion'', or ''Choriò'') External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calabrian Wine
Calabrian wine (Italian: ''Vino Calabrese'') is Italian wine from the Calabria region of southern Italy. Over 90% of the region's wine production is red wine, with a large portion made from the Gaglioppo grape. Calabria has 12 ''Denominazione di origine controllata'' (DOC) regions, but only 4% of the yearly production is classified as DOC wine. The region is one of Italy's most rural and least industrialized with per capita income less than half of the national average.J. Robinson (ed) ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"'' Third Edition pg 122-123 Oxford University Press 2006 Following World War II, many of Calabria's inhabitants emigrated to Northern Italy, the United States, Australia and Argentina. Those left behind have been slow to develop a vibrant wine industry with only the red wines of Cirò garnering much international attention. Today Calabrian wines are mostly produced to high alcohol levels and sold to co-operatives who transfer the wines to the northern Italian wine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calabrian Greek
The Calabrian dialect of Greek, or In Salento e Calabria le voci della minoranza linguistica greca . F. Violi, ''Lessico Grecanico-Italiano-Grecanico'', Apodiafàzzi, , 1997. Paolo Martino, ''L'isola grecanica dell'Aspromonte. Aspetti sociolinguistici'', 1980. Risultati di un'inchiesta del 1977 Filippo Violi, ''Storia degli studi e della letteratura popolare grecanica'', C.S.E. Bova ( RC), 1992. Filippo Condemi, ''Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staiti
Staiti ( el, Στάτη, translit=Stàti, label=Calabrian Greek) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italy, Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio Calabria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 335 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute National Institute of Statistics (Italy), Istat. Staiti borders the following municipalities: Africo, Bova, Calabria, Bova, Brancaleone, Calabria, Brancaleone, Bruzzano Zeffirio, Palizzi. Demographic evolution Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:455 height:303 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:2000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:1000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brancaleone, Calabria
Brancaleone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio Calabria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,923 and an area of . Brancaleone borders the following municipalities: Bruzzano Zeffirio, Palizzi Palizzi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio Calabria. The southernmost point in mainland Italy lies in Palizzi. ..., Staiti. Famed Italian poet and novelist Cesare Pavese was exiled here in 1935. Portions of his novel '' The Moon and the Bonfires'' refer to his time spent here. Demographic evolution Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:455 height:303 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bova Marina
Bova Marina (Calabrian Greek: , ''Jalò tu Vunà''; Calabrian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio Calabria. Bova Marina borders the following municipalities: Bova, Condofuri, Palizzi. As evidenced by the above Greek place names, Bova Marina is one of the places where the Greek–Calabrian dialect is still spoken, a remnant of the ancient Greek colonization of Magna Graecia (South Italy and Sicily). Main sights In 1983, during excavations for roadwork, the ruins of the Bova Marina Synagogue were discovered. This is the second oldest confirmed site of a synagogue in Italy, the oldest being the ancient synagogue of Ostia Antica near Rome. Parts of the ancient mosaic floor are still intact, which display ancient Jewish symbols, such as the menorah and Solomon's knot Solomon's knot () is a traditional decorative motif used since an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bova, Calabria
Bova (Calabrian Greek: , ''Chòra tu Vùa''; Calabrian: ; grc, ὁ Βούας, translit=ó Boúas) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about southeast of Reggio. It is one of the Greek-Bovesian speaking villages of Bovesia, one of the two Griko-speaking areas of southern Italy. The village is inscribed into ''I Borghi più belli d'Italia'' list. History Archaeological findings have attested human presence in the area to as early as the Neolithic age; in the pre-Roman age, the area was inhabited by the Ausones. Greek colonists founded a city (known as Delia or Deri) in what is now the borough of San Pasquale. This city followed the events of the wars between the major Greek centres in the area, Reggio, Locri and Syracuse, and was later subjected by the latter. After the Roman conquest, it became a town with citizenship rights. In 440 Delia was ravaged by the Vandals. The un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calabria
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Griko
Griko, sometimes spelled Grico, is the dialect of Italiot Greek spoken by Griko people in Salento (province of Lecce) and (also called Grecanic) in Calabria. Some Greek linguists consider it to be a Modern Greek dialect and often call it ( el, Κατωιταλιώτικα, "Southern Italian") or (), whereas its own speakers call it ( or Calabrian Greek, in Calabria) or (, in Salento). is spoken in Salento while is spoken in Calabria. Griko and Standard Modern Greek are partially mutually intelligible. Classification The most popular hypothesis on the origin of Griko is the one by Gerhard Rohlfs and Georgios Hatzidakis, that Griko's roots go as far back in history as the time of the ancient Greek colonies in Southern Italy and Sicily in the eighth century BC. The Southern Italian dialect is thus considered to be the last living trace of the Greek elements that once formed Magna Graecia. There are, however, competing hypotheses according to which Griko may have preserved som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan City Of Reggio Calabria
Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria ( it, Città metropolitana di Reggio Calabria) is an area of local government at the level of metropolitan city in the Calabria region of the Republic of Italy. It comprises the territory of the city of Reggio Calabria and 97 other municipalities (''comuni'') in the hinterland of the city. With more than 600,000 inhabitants, it is one of the main metropolitan areas. It replaced the Province of Reggio Calabria in 2017. Comprising the 'toe' of the boot-shaped Italian Peninsula, the Aspromonte The Aspromonte is a mountain massif in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria ( Calabria, southern Italy). The literal translation of the name means "rough mountain". But for others the name more likely is related to the Greek word Aspros ( Ά ... massif dominates the western part of the metropolitan city's territory: with its long coastline, it is a popular tourist destination during the summer. History The Metropolitan City was created by the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catanzaro
Catanzaro (, or ; scn, label= Catanzarese, Catanzaru ; , or , ''Katastaríoi Lokrói''; ; la, Catacium), also known as the "City of the two Seas", is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its province and the second most populated comune of the region, behind Reggio Calabria. The archbishop's seat was the capital of the province of Calabria Ultra for over 200 years. It houses the University "Magna Græcia", the second-largest university in Calabria. Catanzaro is an urban centre, with much activity, including some coastal towns, such as Sellia Marina and Soverato, and the municipalities of Silas, with a total of 156,196 inhabitants. Catanzaro is being consolidated to form a greater metropolitan area, by the Region of Calabria, and in connection with the town of Lamezia Terme, comprising 10 municipalities. This will lead to the creation of an integrated area involving over 200,000 inhabitants. During the summer months, the Ion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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