Morano Calabro ( Moranese: ) is a town and ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern

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 ...

. It was the birthplace of mathematician

Gaetano Scorza Bernardino Gaetano Scorza (29 September 1876, in Morano Calabro – 6 August 1939, in Rome) was an Italian mathematician working in algebraic geometry Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics, classically studying zeros of multivariat ...

Geography

The municipality borders with Castrovillari (the nearest town),

Mormanno Mormanno ( Calabrian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is located in the heart of the National Park of Pollino Pollino National Park ( Italian: ''Parco Nazionale del Pollino'') is ...

, Rotonda, San Basile,

Saracena Saracena () is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The town is bordered by Altomonte, Castrovillari, Firmo, Lungro, Morano Calabro, Mormanno, Orsomarso and San Basile and is home to the ...

Terranova di Pollino Terranova di Pollino is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Basilicata region of Italy. The town is located in the Pollino National Park Pollino National Park (Italian: ''Parco Nazionale del Pollino'') is an Italian nation ...

and

Viggianello Viggianello may refer to: * Viggianello, Basilicata, town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata * Viggianello, Corse-du-Sud, commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsi ...

Campotenese

Its ''

frazione A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

'' (civil parish), the village of Campotenese, is located on a mountain pass at 1,015 amsl. A tourist site, the village is best known for the

Battle of Campo Tenese The Battle of Campo Tenese (9 March 1806) saw two divisions of the Imperial French Army of Naples led by Jean Reynier attack the left wing of the Royal Neapolitan Army under Roger de Damas. Though the defenders were protected by field fortifi ...

(1806) between the

First French Empire The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, then the French Empire (; Latin: ) after 1809, also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental E ...

and the Kingdom of Naples.

Sister cities

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Infos about the twinnage Morano-Porto Alegre (www.comuni-italiani.it)
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Official website

Cities and towns in Calabria {{Calabria-geo-stub

Geography

Campotenese

Sister cities

See also

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