Soverato (
Calabrian: ) is a town and ''
comune
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'' in the
province of Catanzaro
The province of Catanzaro ( it, provincia di Catanzaro; Catanzarese: ) is a province of the Calabria region of Italy. The city Catanzaro is both capital of the province and capital of the region of Calabria. The province contains a total of 8 ...
in the
Calabria region of Southern
Italy
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.
Soverato is the wealthiest town per capita in Calabria, and it has recently been experiencing a spike in tourism since 2015. Recent projects have been underway to accommodate these new tourists including the addition of the Villa Comunale, the renovation of Lungomare Europa and the ongoing reconfiguration of the main shopping road in town, Corso Umberto I, which is scheduled to be complete in late 2019.
Geography
Soverato sits on the
Ionian Sea, in the Gulf of Squillace. Nearby there is a string of villages along the white beaches of the gulf like
Montepaone,
Davoli and
Isca Marina.
The
Giardino Botanico Santicelli botanic gardens were built on a former waste site in 1980. The town is bordered by
Montepaone,
Petrizzi
Petrizzi is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy
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and
Satriano Satriano may refer to: Places
* Ascoli Satriano
* Satriano (Calabria)
* Satriano di Lucania
** its Roman predecessor Satrianum
The Diocese of Satrianum (Latin) or Satriano (Italian) is now a Roman Catholic titular see, that is, a former episco ...
. Soverato can be reached via the
Lamezia Terme International Airport within a 35- to 40-minute drive.
Notable people
*
Guido Daniele (hand and body artist)
*
Elisabetta Gregoraci (model and TV personality)
* Vincenzo Guarna (prose writer)
* Antonio Lombardo (tombeur de femmes)
Photogallery
Modern buildings
File:SoveratoPalace 03.jpg
File:SoveratoPalace 02.jpg
File:SoveratoPalace 01.jpg
Notes and references
External links
Cities and towns in Calabria
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