Comune in Calabria, Italy
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Catanzaro is a city of 86,000 people (2020) that is the capital of the Calabria. During the summer months, the Ionian coast from Catanzaro to Soverato is an important tourist attraction, especially for the youth. There are several important structures in the coastal districts of the city and the towns of Copanello and Soverato.
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Piazza Matteotti
Museo della Arti Catanzaro, MARCA
Metropolitan Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
Built over a Norman cathedral built in 1121, in the 16th century it received a Renaissance façade which was however destroyed in 1638. The church was almost entirely destroyed by the bombings of 1943, and was later rebuilt.
Church of St. John the Baptist
Built in 1532. It is decorated with frescoes, made in 1910 by the Crotone painter Sesto Bruno with scenes from the life of John the Baptist (the preaching of St. John and the Baptism of Christ) and scenes from the life of St. John the Evangelist (the apocalypse).
Built in 1254.
Church of the Santissimo Rosario
A 15th or 16th century church, with a Renaissance façade and a single nave interior. The church of the Santissimo Rosario houses silk fabrics made between 1500 and 1800, including the Pianeta of the Borgia, a sacred vestment ordered by Pope Alexander VI on the occasion of the wedding between Goffredo Borgia and Donna Sancia D'Aragona, who became Princess of Squillace.
11th or 12th century. The Curatolo sect is linked to this church. It was a criminal organization formed by the worst criminals in the area, operating in the 19th century. They deceived victims who were brought to the church, where they were killed and buried.
Church and Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie or Santa Teresa all'Osservanz
A 13th-century church. In the interior is the 16th century Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre and a statue of "Madonna delle Grazie" by Antonello Gagini.
Skylletion was a city of Magna Grecia. It bears witness to the presence in Calabria first of the Greeks and then of the Romans. Squillace, the city that gave birth to Cassiodoro, preserves the imposing ruins of the Forum, the Basilica, the Baths and the Theat.
Albergo Diffuso Cropani offers holiday apartments in the small village of Cropani, close to Catanzaro and the sea.
By car
Catanzaro is connected to the road network by various state roads:
By bus
By taxi
There are taxi stands in the Station Square, Piazza Prefettura, and Piazza Matteotti.
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Lamezia Terme (CZ) · International · SUF
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