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Reventino
Reventino is a massif in the southern Apennines, in Calabria, southern Italy. It has a maximum elevation of . It marks the narrowest point of the Italian peninsula, being at the top of the Isthmus of Catanzaro that separates the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas. The massif is bordered by the Savuto river valley from the north, the Sant'Eufemia Plain southwards, and the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Sila Piccola sub-range. The maximum elevation is included in the territory of Platania Platania is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Catanzaro in the western part of the Calabria region of Italy. Bounding communes * Conflenti * Decollatura * Lamezia Terme * Serrastretta Serrastretta is a town and ''comune'' in the province ... Sources * External links Website of the Reventino Mountain Community Mountains of Calabria {{Calabria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decollatura
Decollatura is a ''comune'' in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It was the birthplace of the Italian poet Michele Pane (1876–1953). Twin cities * Danbury, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ... Sources * Imperio Assisi et al., ''Decollatura e Motta S. Lucia: due comunità del Reventino'', Decollatura: Grafica Reventino, 1980. * Pietro Bonacci: ''Decollatura, vicende sociali e religiose dal Seicento all'Ottocento'', Decollatura: Grafica Reventino, 1982. * Mario Gallo: ''Decollatura nella Storia'', Decollatura: Grafica Reventino, 1982. Cities and towns in Calabria {{Calabria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calabria
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Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historically been home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apennines
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (; grc-gre, links=no, Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; la, Appenninus or – a singular with plural meaning;''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which would be segmented ''Apenn-inus'', often used with nouns such as ("mountain") or Greek (), but ''Apenninus'' is just as often used alone as a noun. The ancient Greeks and Romans typically but not always used "mountain" in the singular to mean one or a range; thus, "the Apennine mountain" refers to the entire chain and is translated "the Apennine mountains". The ending can vary also by gender depending on the noun modified. The Italian singular refers to one of the constituent chains rather than to a single mountain, and the Italian plural refers to multiple chains rather than to multiple mountains. it, Appennini ) are a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending along the length of peninsular Italy. In the northwest th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apennine Mountains
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (; grc-gre, links=no, Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; la, Appenninus or – a singular with plural meaning;''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which would be segmented ''Apenn-inus'', often used with nouns such as ("mountain") or Greek (), but ''Apenninus'' is just as often used alone as a noun. The ancient Greeks and Romans typically but not always used "mountain" in the singular to mean one or a range; thus, "the Apennine mountain" refers to the entire chain and is translated "the Apennine mountains". The ending can vary also by gender depending on the noun modified. The Italian singular refers to one of the constituent chains rather than to a single mountain, and the Italian plural refers to multiple chains rather than to multiple mountains. it, Appennini ) are a mountain range consisting of parallel smaller chains extending along the length of peninsular Italy. In the northwest the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isthmus Of Catanzaro
240px, Satellite view of the isthmus. The Isthmus of Catanzaro (or ''Isthmus of Marcellinara'', also called ''Saddle of Catanzaro'' or ''Saddle of Marcellinara'' due to its morphology) is a narrow strip of land separating the Ionian Sea from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in Calabria. It is the narrowest section of the Italian Peninsula. Description The Isthmus is approximately 30 kilometres long and is situated in the lowlands between the south end of the Sila mountainous plateau and the northern part of the Calabrian Serre. The valley between the two mountain ranges is approximately 2 kilometres wide in its narrowest point, and it opens wide to form the Piana di Sant'Eufemia on the west side, and the valley of Corace to the east, reaching the seas at both sides. South of Marcellinara is the ''Sella di Marcellinara'' (Saddle of Marcellinara), the lowest and narrowest point of the Calabrian Apennine, at a height of about 250 metres. From the high grounds of the Calabrian Apennine, in the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ionian Sea
The Ionian Sea ( el, Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, ''Iónio Pélagos'' ; it, Mar Ionio ; al, Deti Jon ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including Calabria, Sicily, and the Salento peninsula to the west, southern Albania (and western Apulia, Italy) to the north, and the west coast of Greece, including the Peloponnese. All major islands in the sea, which are located in the east of the sea, belong to Greek islands, Greece. They are collectively named the Ionian Islands, the main ones being Corfu, Kefalonia, Zakynthos, Lefkada, and Ithaca (island), Ithaca. There are ferry routes between Patras and Igoumenitsa, Greece, and Brindisi and Ancona, Italy, that cross the east and north of the Ionian Sea, and from Piraeus westward. Calypso Deep, the deepest point in the Mediterranean at , is in the Ionian Sea, at . The sea is one of the most Earthquake, seismically active areas in the world. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrrhenian Sea
The Tyrrhenian Sea (; it, Mar Tirreno , french: Mer Tyrrhénienne , sc, Mare Tirrenu, co, Mari Tirrenu, scn, Mari Tirrenu, nap, Mare Tirreno) is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenian people identified with the Etruscans of Italy. Geography The sea is bounded by the islands of Corsica and Sardinia (to the west), the Italian Peninsula (regions of Tuscany, Lazio, Campania, Basilicata, and Calabria) to the north and east, and the island of Sicily (to the south). The Tyrrhenian Sea also includes a number of smaller islands like Capri, Elba, Ischia, and Ustica. The maximum depth of the sea is . The Tyrrhenian Sea is situated near where the African and Eurasian Plates meet; therefore mountain chains and active volcanoes such as Mount Marsili are found in its depths. The eight Aeolian Islands and Ustica are located in the southern part of the sea, north of Sicily. Extent The International Hydrographic Organization define ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savuto
The Savuto is a river and valley in Calabria, Southern Italy, that lies at the intersection of the provinces of Province of Cosenza, Cosenza and Province of Catanzaro, Catanzaro. It is also the name of a Denominazione di Origine Controllata, DOC wine produced in the region. The river's source is in La Sila and it empties into the Tyrrhenian Sea, at the Gulf of Saint Euphemia, after a run of . The name originates from the Latin ''Sabutus'', and it may also correspond to the Greek ''Ocinaros'' ("that flows quickly"), on which there was located the ancient town of Temesa (ancient city), Temesa. It is also the name of a small village near the river The Savuto valley is home to many towns (It: comune, ''comuni'' including: Aprigliano, Parenti, Calabria, Parenti, Rogliano, Santo Stefano di Rogliano, Marzi, Calabria, Marzi, Carpanzano, Malito, Scigliano, Pedivigliano, Altilia, Grimaldi (comune), Grimaldi, Aiello Calabro, Martirano, San Mango d'Aquino, Cleto, Calabria, Cleto, and Noce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant'Eufemia Plain
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Sant'Eufemia (the Italian for Saint Euphemia) may refer to: Places in Italy * Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte in the province of Reggio Calabria * Sant'Eufemia della Fonte, a frazione of Brescia ** Sant’Eufemia Buffalora (Brescia Metro), the metro station for Sant'Eufemia della Fonte * Sant'Eufemia a Maiella in the province of Pescara * Sant'Eufemia Lamezia, a district of Lamezia Terme in the province of Catanzaro Churches in Italy * Basilica of Sant'Eufemia, Grado * Sant'Eufemia, Piacenza * Sant'Eufemia, Venice * Sant'Eufemia, Verona See also * Eufemia (other) * Basilica of Sant'Eufemia (other) * Santa Eufemia (other) Santa Eufemia may refer to: *Santa Eufemia, Spain *Santa Eufemia del Barco, Spain *Santa Eufemia del Arroyo, Spain *Sant'Eufemia a Maiella, Italy *Santa Eufemia, Argentina, in Juárez Celman Department *Gulf of Saint Euphemia, Italy See also * Eup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sila Piccola
Sila may refer to : Places and jurisdictions ; Asia * Silla, one of the three kingdoms of ancient Korea * Sila, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ; Europe * La Sila, a mountainous area of Calabria, Italy ** Sila National Park * Siła, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, a village in Poland ; Africa * Sila, Numidia, a former Ancient city and bishopric, now Bordj-El-Ksar in Algeria and a Latin Catholic titular see * Sila Region, Chad ** Sila Department, Chad, part of Sila Region since 2008 Religion and Mythology * Śīla (in Sanskrit) or sīla (in Pāli), "behavioral discipline", "morality", "virtue" or "ethics" in Buddhism * Sila (mythology), in Arab folklore a type of ''jinn'', or genie * Sila (murti), in Hinduism a ''murti'' or ''vigraha'' in the form of a stone * Silap Inua (sila), in Inuit mythology, the primary component of everything that exists Entertainment * ''Sila'' (2016 TV series), a Pakistani drama series * ''Silaa'', a 2020 album by Zubeen Garg * ''Sıla'' (TV seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
