Soveria Mannelli ( scn, Suverìa Mannielli) 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 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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.
The town is bordered by
Bianchi,
Carlopoli
Carlopoli ( Calabrian: ) is a and town in the province of Catanzaro 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 ...
,
Colosimi,
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 ( ...
,
Gimigliano,
Pedivigliano.
History
On 30 August 1860, a
Sicilian army under General Ghio was disbanded in Soveria Mannelli. This, in the course of the
Expedition of the Thousand
The Expedition of the Thousand ( it, Spedizione dei Mille) was an event of the Italian Risorgimento that took place in 1860. A corps of volunteers led by Giuseppe Garibaldi sailed from Quarto, near Genoa (now Quarto dei Mille) and landed in Mars ...
, allowed
Giuseppe Garibaldi to capture
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
eight days later.
People
*
Rosario Rubbettino
Rosario Rubbettino (February 13, 1941 – October 7, 2000) was a noted Italian publisher.
Biography
Rosario Rubbettino was born in Soveria Mannelli, a little town in the province of Catanzaro
Catanzaro (, or ; scn, label= Catanzarese, Catanz ...
(1941–2000), publisher, was born in the town.
Sources
* Mario Felice Marasco, ''Soveria Mannelli e il suo territorio, Notizie e dati tratti dagli appunti di Ivone Sirianni'', San Vito al Tagliamento: Tipografia Sanvitese Ellerani, 1969
* Mario Gallo, ''Soveria Mannelli, Saggi e documentazione storica'', Cosenza: Due Emme, 1991
Cities and towns in Calabria
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