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 | Abruzzo Basilicata Calabria Vibo Valentia Ricadi Tropea 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 | | Vibo ValentiaItaly > Calabria > Vibo ValentiaVibo 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. Vibo Valentia was origionally the Greek colony of Hipponion. It was founded, probably around the late 7th century BC, by inhabitants of Locri, a principal city of the Italian Magna Graecia, located to the west of Vibo Valentia on the Ionian Sea. Content Referred to by This ArticleFind out more about the information contained in this article by clicking one of the links listed below. Calabria Snippets of Articles Relating to Vibo ValentiaItaly > 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. Italy > 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 > 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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