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Calabria [a] is a region in Southern Italy.It is a peninsula bordered by Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea to the east, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west.
Siderno is a tourist resort on the Ionian coast of the province of Reggio Calabria, with wide, sandy beaches, and a clear sea . [ 3 ] The Siderno area is a center of production of bergamot orange , a citrus fruit that is used as an essence and fundamental ingredient in cosmetics, for its wound healing properties in the pharmaceutical industry ...
In 1714, southern Italy became once more property of the Austrian Habsburgs, who remained until 1734, when they were replaced by the Bourbons of Spain. [citation needed] Reggio was the capital of Calabria Ulteriore Prima from 1759 to 1860. In 1783, a disastrous earthquake damaged Reggio, all of southern Calabria and Messina.
Catanzaro (US: / ˌ k æ t æ n ˈ z ær oʊ,-n t ˈ s ær-/; [3] [4] [5] Italian: [katanˈdzaːro] ⓘ or [katanˈtsaːro]; Catanzarese: Catanzaru [katanˈtsaːɾʊ]), [6] [a] also known as the "City of the two Seas" (Italian: Città tra i due Mari), is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its province and the second most populated comune of ...
The Castle of Charles V. Crotone (/ k r oʊ ˈ t oʊ n eɪ, k r ə ˈ-/; Italian: [kroˈtoːne] ⓘ; Crotonese: Cutrone or Cutruni) is a city and comune in Calabria, Italy.. Founded c. 710 BC as the Achaean colony of Kroton (Ancient Greek: Κρότων or Ϙρότων; Latin: Crotona), it became a great Greek city, home of the renowned mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras amongst other famous ...
Cosenza (Italian: [koˈzɛntsa] ⓘ; Cosentian: Cusenza, [kuˈsɛndza]) is a city located in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000, while the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. [3] It is the capital of the province of Cosenza, which has a population of more than 700,000.
Diamante ("diamond"; Calabrian: Diamàndë) is a coastal town and comune in the province of Cosenza, part of the Calabria region of southern Italy. The Diamante citron takes its name from the town, and Calabria is still the home of this variety of citron .
Gasperina is a town and comune in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Gasperina is also the birthplace of internationally collected figurative artist Antonio Diego Voci, 1920–1985.