Calinaria Research Paper

The History and Sights of Calabria

Calabria is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples located at the “toe” of the peninsula. The capital of the region is Cosenza. The region is bounded between Basilicata, the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the Ionian Sea. The region has a population of two million and that number is still rising. Calabria was first settled by Italic Oscan – speaking tribes. Two of these tribes consisted of Oenotri, or the “vine-cultivators” and the Itali. Greek contact with the latter resulted in the entire peninsula (modern Italy) taking the name of the tribe.
Greeks settled profusely along the coast at an early date and several of their settlements, including the first Italian city called Rhegion (Reggio Calabria). The region never regained it prosperity after being conquered by the Romans in the 3rd century BC. The Greeks were also conquered by the 3rd century BC by Oscan tribes from the north, including a branch of the Samnites called the Lucanians and an offshoot of the Lucanians called the Bruttii. The Bruttii established the main
Sybaris a Greek colony of the 5th century B.C. Scilla, on the Tyrrhenian Sea, where my family is from has the pearl of the Violet Coast. The Violet Coast has important religious traditions, and is the site of some of Homer's tales. Tropea, on the Tyrrhenian Sea coast, is a beautiful town, with a dramatic seaside beach, and the Santa Maria dell'Isola sanctuary. It is also renowned for its sweet red onions which are mainly produced in Ricadi. Capo Vaticano, which is also on the Tyrrhenian Sea, is a very famous wide bathing place near Tropea. Gerace, near Locri, is a beautiful medieval city with the Norman castle and an ancient cathedral. Squillace, a seaside resort and important archeological site. Stilo, is the home of Tommaso Campanella, which has a Norman castle of its own and a beautiful Byzantine church, the