{"id":1139,"date":"2016-03-04T09:30:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T08:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/italybyevents.com\/en\/?page_id=1139"},"modified":"2025-01-03T14:01:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T13:01:39","slug":"calabria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.italybyevents.com\/en\/calabria","title":{"rendered":"Calabria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calabria is at the toe of the Italian boot, in<strong> Southern Italy.<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s enclosed between two seas: the <strong>Tyrrhenian Sea<\/strong> and the<strong> Ionian Sea<\/strong>, and is bordered by <strong>Basilicata<\/strong> in the North, while in the South its separated from <strong>Sicily<\/strong> by the<strong> Strait of Messina.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe region Capital is <strong>Catanzaro<\/strong> and the other provinces are <strong>Reggio Calabria, Cosenza, Crotone<\/strong> and <strong>Vibo Valentia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7179\" style=\"width: 316px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7179\" src=\"http:\/\/italybyevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/calabria_costume_Arb\u00ebresh\u00eb.jpg\" alt=\"Arb\u00ebresh\u00eb women, the Albanian community in Calabria. \" width=\"316\" height=\"210\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arb\u00ebresh\u00eb women, the Albanian minority community living in Calabria.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Every city in Calabria is rich in attractions.<br \/>\n<strong>Cosenza,<\/strong> formerly known as <strong>&#8220;Athens of Calabria&#8221;,<\/strong> boasts one of the biggest collections of <strong>prehistoric bronzes<\/strong>, housed in the Archaeological Museum.<br \/>\n<strong>Reggio Calabria<\/strong> houses the famous<strong> Riace bronzes<\/strong> (V century BC) and according to the poet D\u2019Annunzio, its promenade is the \u201c<strong>most beautiful Italian kilometer<\/strong>\u201d.<br \/>\n<strong>Vibo Valentia<\/strong> is located in a wonderful<strong> panoramic spot<\/strong> as you can see the snow-capped of Mount Etna! It is the ideal starting point to explore the beautiful Tyrrhenian coast.<br \/>\n<strong>Crotone<\/strong> was founded in the VII century BC by the Greeks. It keeps many architectural traces, like the IX century Cathedral. Lots of lovely beaches around, like <strong>Capo Rizzuto<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<strong>Catanzaro<\/strong> is known as<strong> the city of the 3 Vs<\/strong>: <strong>V as<\/strong> <strong>Saint Vitaliano<\/strong>, the Patron celebrated in July;<strong> V as Velvet<\/strong>, as it was an important centre for the production of velvet, silk and damasks; <strong>V as wind <\/strong>(&#8220;vento&#8221; in Italian), because of the breezes coming from the Ionian Sea and the Sila Mountains.<\/p>\n<p><u><\/u><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><u>UNESCO\u00a0INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANITY IN CALABRIA<\/u><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n&#8216;Varia di Palmi&#8217; in Palmi<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><u>THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES OF ITALY IN\u00a0CALABRIA<\/u><\/strong><\/span><strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><u>In the Province of Cosenza:<\/u><br \/>\nAltomonte (the Angevin dream)<br \/>\nAieta (the small Calabrian capital of the Renaissance)<br \/>\nBuonvicino (Good neighborly relations)<br \/>\nCivita (Albanian traditions)<br \/>\nFiumefreddo Bruzio (decadence and rebirth by the Tyrrhenian Sea)<br \/>\nMorano Calabro (the nativity scene of Pollino)<br \/>\nOriolo (A village to be saved)<br \/>\nRocca Imperiale (Where lemons bloom)<\/p>\n<p><u>In the Province of Crotone:<\/u><br \/>\nCaccuri (Between Sila and Ionio)<br \/>\nSanta Severina (Byzantine and Norman splendor)<\/p>\n<p><u>In the Province of Reggio Calabria:<\/u><br \/>\nBova (twice Greek)<br \/>\nChianalea di Scilla (the small Venice of the Tyrrhenian Sea)<br \/>\nGerace (the cliff where the sparrowhawk laid)<br \/>\nStilo (the town of Sun)<\/p>\n<p><u>In the Province of Vibo Valentia:<\/u><br \/>\nTropea (Where no one is a foreigner)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><u>AUTHENTIC VILLAGES OF ITALY IN\u00a0CALABRIA<\/u><\/strong><\/span><strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><u><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">In the Province of Catanzaro:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/u>Cicala<br \/>\nMiglierina<br \/>\nSerrastretta<\/p>\n<p><u>In the Province of Cosenza:<\/u><br \/>\nAlbidona<br \/>\nAlessandria del Carretto<br \/>\nCanna<br \/>\nCasali del Manco<br \/>\nCerisano<br \/>\nLaino Borgo<br \/>\nLaino Castello<br \/>\nMendicino<br \/>\nMontegiordano<br \/>\nRende<br \/>\nRoseto Capo Spulico<br \/>\nSan Lorenzo Bellizzi<br \/>\nSaracena<br \/>\nZumpano<\/p>\n<p><u>In the Province of Crotone:<\/u><br \/>\nMelissa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EVENTS and TERRITORY<br \/>\nof the region enclosed between two seas, red hot chili pepper and &#8220;&#8216;nduja&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6135,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"regioni":[],"luogo":[],"class_list":["post-1139","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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