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calabria-mediterranea · 2 days

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Where is Calabria?

Calabria is the southernmost region of the Italian peninsula, between the blue Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas and separated from the island of Sicily by the Strait of Messina.

Calabria only shares a border with Basilicata to the north, but Sicily lies a short two miles off Calabria's tip.

One of the least explored and at the same time one of the most rewarding regions of Italy, Calabria is a region of often spectacular scenery and unspoilt landscapes justifiably renowned for its fine food and rich culinary traditions.

There are also fine towns such as beautiful seaside Tropea, while the lungomare of the bigger city of the region, Reggio Calabria, has been called the most beautiful in Italy.

Calabria has the wildest mountain ranges on the Italian peninsula – indeed some of the wildest and most remote in Europe. Byzantine monks escaping persecution flocked to the mountains of Calabria throughout the medieval period, founding remote hermitages and monasteries such as the dramatically sited Cattolica di Stilo along with several hidden gems in the river valleys of the Pollino National Park.

The Greek temples and theatres of Sicily may be better known, but it is in Calabria that the influence of Greece on Italy really becomes tangible. Where else in Italy are there villages where Greek is still spoken, and where goat and lamb are roasted in a pit – a practice that would have been familiar to the ancient Greeks? Pythagorus lived here, and the sea monster Scylla – who ate most of Odysseus’ crew — had her cave here.

The Riace Bronzes are arguably two of the finest Greek bronze statues to survive anywhere, while the ancient Greek settlement of Locri was founded when the Locrians were banished from Greece ‘because of the scandal caused by their noblewomen’s indiscriminate love affairs with slaves’. Locrians insisted on strictly matrilinear succession – and was one of the only known matriarchies in ancient Greece.

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aestum · 7 months

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(by Daniel J. Schwarz)

#landscape #vertical #x #a #watsf #curators on tumblr #Daniel J. Schwarz #Tropea #Italy #Calabria #city #buildings

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tiramegtoons · 10 months

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“I might go in the water but I heard it’s pretty cold still.”

“WELL, IN MY CASE, I THINK YOU LOOK A BIT TOO… WARM.”

“LET ME FIX THAT FOR YOU.”

“What—

#going for a dip #more like dipshit/j #Tropea #the snatcher ahit #the snatcher #snatcher x self ship #that one beach episode probably #djdjdjd #Italy #vacation #also yes #the water was very cold #he’s gonna get it #I have eyes ..?

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wachsurfer2018 · 8 months

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Tropea, spiaggia

#italia #suditalia #calabria #tropea #spiaggia

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beautiful-contrast · 5 months

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Tropea, Calabria - Italy

#Photography #Tropea #Italy #Contrast

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apropositodime · 8 months

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Ferma in silenzio.

Come se mi aspettassi che una signora vestita di nero uscisse da quel piccolo balconcino e calasse il panaro al giovanotto di sotto che con la sua carriola andava in giro per il paese a vendere le cipolle di Tropea.

Invece no.

Succedeva tante estati fa.

#Tropea #Estate 2013 #Ricordo bene #me #a proposito di me #foto mia 📷

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wgm-beautiful-world · 1 year

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