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Reggio Calabria Reggio di Calabria ( scn, label= Southern Calabrian, Riggiu; el, label= Calabrian Greek, Ρήγι, Rìji), usually referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the largest city in Calabria. It has an estimated popul ...

(RC) , frazioni = Caldarella, Bordingiano, Gatticello,

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St. George Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin: Georgius, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christian who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition he was a soldier ...

, day = April 23 , postal_code = 89049 , area_code = 0964 , website = , footnotes = Stilo ( Calabrian: ; el, Στύλος, translit=Stylos, lit=column) 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 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 ...

, in the

region of southern

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. It is from Reggio. The town is inscribed into ''

I Borghi più belli d'Italia I Borghi più belli d'Italia is an association of small Italian towns of historical interest, that was founded in March 2001 on the initiative of the Tourism Council of the , with the aim of preserving and maintaining villages of quality herit ...

'' list. The economy of the commune is mainly based on agriculture, with production of cereals,

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, wine and cheese. There are mines of

iron Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from la, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, right in f ...

and

lead Lead is a chemical element with the symbol Pb (from the Latin ) and atomic number 82. It is a heavy metal that is denser than most common materials. Lead is soft and malleable, and also has a relatively low melting point. When freshly cu ...

. At from the city is the promontory of Cape Stilo, near where in July 1940 the

Battle of Punta Stilo The Battle of Calabria, known to the Italian Navy as the Battle of Punta Stilo, was a naval battle during the Battle of the Mediterranean in the Second World War. Ships of the Italian ''Regia Marina'' were opposed by vessels of the British Ro ...

was fought by the

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and British navies.

History

The origins of Stilo are connected to the destruction of the ancient

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colony of

Caulonia Caulonia 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. Originally it was known as Castelvetere ...

by Dionysius II of Syracuse, followed by another by the

Campanians {{Short description, Ancient Italic tribe The Campanians (also Campani) were an ancient Italic tribe, part of the Osci nation, speaking an Oscan language. Descending from the Apennines, the proto-Osci settled in the areas of present-day Campani ...

(allies of the Romans) in 277 BC.

Main sights

*The '' Cattolica di Stilo'', a 9th-century church in the

Byzantine style Byzantine architecture is the architecture of the Byzantine Empire, or Eastern Roman Empire. The Byzantine era is usually dated from 330 AD, when Constantine the Great moved the Roman capital to Byzantium, which became Constantinople, until the ...

*The Shrine of Saint John the Therist ( Diocese of Locri-Gerace) *Church of ''San Domenico'' *Church of ''San Nicola da Tolentino'' *The Norman Castle of

Roger II Roger II ( it, Ruggero II; 22 December 1095 – 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily and Africa, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon. He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105, became Duke of Apulia and Calabria in ...

*The Fountain of the Dolphins Not far from the town is the

monastery of San Giovanni Theristis The Monastery of San Giovanni Theristis , is an Orthodox Christian monastery in Bivongi, Calabria ( province of Reggio), southern Italy. It is part of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese for Italy. History Calabria was part of the Byzantine Empire ...

People from Stilo

Tommaso Campanella Tommaso Campanella (; 5 September 1568 – 21 May 1639), baptized Giovanni Domenico Campanella, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet. He was prosecuted by the Roman Inquisition for heresy in 1594 and w ...

(Philosopher) * Francesco Cozza (Painter)

Gallery

File:Stilo dall'alto da caricare (agosto 2016).jpg, Stilo from the top with church of San Giovanni Theresti (August 2016) File:Stilo vecchio 2 dall'alto 2016.png, Old Stilo from the top (August 2016) File:Stilo vecchio 2 dall'alto con Castello 2016.png, Old Stilo with Norman Castle (August 2016) File:Casa di Tommaso Campanella a Stilo.JPG,

's house at Stilo

References

Castles in Italy Vallata dello Stilaro {{Calabria-geo-stub

History

Main sights

People from Stilo

Gallery

See also

References