The Stilaro (in antiquity the Elleporus or possibly Elleporos; in Calabrian dialect ''Stilaru'') is an Italian river, which runs through

Bivongi Bivongi ( Calabrian: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about northeast of Reggio Calabria in the Stilaro Valley, at the feet of the M ...

Pazzano Pazzano ( Calabrian: ) is a village and ''comune'' located in Locride's region in the province of Reggio Calabria ( Calabria, southern Italy). History The first known mention of Pazzano dates to a 1094 document. The town was founded as a miner ...

and

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in the

Province of Reggio Calabria The Province of Reggio Calabria ( it, Provincia di Reggio Calabria) was a province in the Calabria region of Italy. It was the southernmost province in mainland Italy and is separated from the island of Sicily by the Strait of Messina. The capital ...

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and, along with the river, gives its name to the

Vallata dello Stilaro Allaro The Vallata dello Stilaro is a valley in the Province of Reggio Calabria of Southern Italy. It takes its name from river that flow in the area, the Stilaro. The principal settlements present in the valley are Bivongi, Monasterace, Pazzano a ...

, the valley through which it flows. It is 59.17 km long. Along the river there are remains of iron works, which arose with the industrialization of the area, mills and two hydroelectric plants. In 389 BC, the

Battle of the Elleporus The Battle of the Elleporus was fought in 389 BC between the forces of Dionysius I of Syracuse and the armies of the Italiote League. The armies of Syracuse triumphed, and Dionysius' control was extended into Southern Italy. After arriving in I ...

was alongside the river.

Tributaries

*Cellia *Melodare *Pardalà *Torrente Ruggero *Torrente Folea

Cascata del Marmarico

A significant feature of the river is the

Cascata del Marmarico Cascata (meaning ''Waterfall'' in Portuguese) is a neighbourhood in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the large ...

which, at 114 metres, is the tallest waterfall both in the region of Calabria and in the Southern

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 wou ...

. Its name, ''Marmarico'' means “slow” and “heavy”, perhaps deriving from the fact that the water seems to hang in motionless threads.

References

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