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 | Abruzzo Basilicata Calabria Catanzaro Cosenza Crotone Reggio Calabria Vibo Valentia Campania Emilia Romagna Friuli Venezia Giulia Lazio Liguria Lombardia Le Marche Molise Piemonte Puglia Sardinia Sicily Tuscany Trentino Alto Adige Umbria Valle D Aosta Veneto | | CalabriaItaly > Calabria Calabria, formerly Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy which occupies the "toe" of the Italian peninsula south of Naples. It is bounded in the north by the region of Basilicata, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the Ionian Sea. Calabria faces the island of Sicily across the Strait of Messina. The region covers 15,080 km² and has a population of 2.05 million. The region is divided into five provinces: Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio di Calabria, Vibo Valencia, and Catanzaro. Catanzaro has been the regional capital since 1970, but despite this the regional Parliament is hosted in the former capital of Reggio di Calabria. The switchover to Catanzaro as capital of Calabria was the cause of riots in 1970. Calabria remains a very rural and exploited region. The Aspromonte, a mountainous region of central Calabria, was the scene of a famous battle of the Risorgimento (unification of Italy), in which Garibaldi was wounded. Several of the important philosophers of the Risorgimento (namely, Bernardino Telesio from Cosenza, Gioacchino da Fiore from San Giovanni in Fiore, Tommaso Campanella from Stilo) came from Calabria, and famous Americans of Calabrian descent are almost too numerous to name. Calabria is also the home of a small Griko-speaking community in Bovesia, the region otherwise known as Grecìa Calabra. There are also many small towns where Albanian is still the main language. The seawater around Calabria is very clear, and there is a good level of tourist accommodation. The poet Gabriele d'Annunzio called the seafront at Reggio "The most beautiful kilometer in Italy". Pages referring to CalabriaHere are links to a selection of pages that mention Calabria within this website: Basilicata, Crotone, Reggio Calabria, Vibo Valentia Content Referred to by This ArticleFind out more about the information contained in this article by clicking one of the links listed below. Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio Di Calabria, Sicily, Vibo Valencia Snippets of Articles Relating to CalabriaItaly > Calabria > Cosenza Cosenza is a town and comune in the Calabria region of southern Italy, on the Crati river at 238 m (781 ft) above sea-level. Its population according to the 2001 census was 71,792. It is the capital of the Cosenza province. It is notable as the place where Alaric I died; ancient authors state that he is buried nearby in the bed of the Busento river. Italy > Calabria > Vibo Valentia Vibo Valentia is a town and comune in the Calabria region of southern Italy, near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital of the Vibo Valentia province, and is an agricultural and commercial center. Its population according to the 2001 census was 35,124. Italy > Calabria > Crotone Croton or Crotona (present-day Crotone), in the "toe" of the Italian peninsula, was an Achaean colony from c. 710 BC on the coast of the Sinus Tarentinus (Gulf of Taranto), that became a powerful early city of Magna Graecia. It was notable for its resident Pythagoras and his school, the Pythagoreans, for its school of medicine and for producing many generations of victors in the Olympic Games and the other Panhellenic Games. One of the most famous of these was Milo of Croton. | |
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