fiogf49gjkf0d THANKS ALSO TO THE PLEASANT TRIPS ORGANIZED BY
THE MANAGEMENT TO THE MOST INTERESTING PLACES IN
THE AREA, THE HOTEL CLUB SCOGLIO DELLA GALEA IS
THE BEST CHOICE FOR A RELAXING AND ENTERTAINING
HOLIDAY.
THE HOTEL IS
5 KM S FROM TROPEA, A FLOURISHING SEAPORT, WITH A
COMMERCIAL CLASS AMONG THE MOST DYNAMIC AND
ENTERPRISING IN CALABRIA, THAT TRADES WITH ALL
THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES. NOWADAYS TROPEA IS
AN EXCLUSIVE SEASIDE RESORT THAT ALSO BOASTS A
MODERN TOURIST AND FISHING HARBOR. THE TOWN ALSO
HAS ONE OF THE PRETTIEST AND BEST-PRESERVED
HISTORIC CENTERS IN THE REGION. THE TOWN,
CONSIDERED THE REAL CAPITAL OF THE CAPO VATICANO
AREA, OFFERS THE ELEVENTH-CENTURY NORMAN
CATHEDRAL, THE CHURCHES OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
AND SANTA MARIA DELLA NEVE, AS WELL AS THE HIGHLY
FASCINATING CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA DELL*ISOLA,
THAT STANDS AT THE FOOT OF THE TOWN, ON A SMALL
FINGER OF LAND PROJECTING INTO THE SEA.
25 KM SW FROM VIBO VALENTIA, WHICH STANDS IN A
PANORAMIC POSITION 476 M ASL ON A GREEN HILL ON
THE NORTH-WESTERN SLOPES OF THE PLATEAU OF MOUNT
PORO. THE CITY, A SUB-COLONY OF LOCRI EPIZEFIRI,
WAS FOUNDED DURING THE COURSE OF THE SECOND HALF
OF THE SEVENTH CENTURY BC, AT THE PLACE WHERE THE
NATIVE SETTLEMENT OF VIEPO STOOD. THE TOWN STILL
PRESERVES MUCH EVIDENCE OF ITS ILLUSTRIOUS PAST
VARIOUS APPRECIABLE GREEK AND ROMAN REMAINS, IN
PARTICULAR LONG STRETCHES OF THE MIGHTY HIPPONION
WALLS, THE SUPERB NORMAN-SWABIAN CASTLE, THAT
DOMINATES THE WHOLE TOWN, THE FOURTEENTH-CENTURY
CHURCH OF THE ROSARY, THE BAROQUE CATHEDRAL TO
ST. LEOLUCA, THE VALENTIANUM, WITH ITS
FASCINATING CLOISTERS, THE GATES OF ANCIENT
MONTELEONE, AND, FINALLY, VARIOUS FINE NOBLEMEN*S
MANSIONS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH
CENTURIES.
90 KM N FROM REGGIO CALABRIA, THE BIGGEST CITY IN
CALABRIA. THE CITY, THAT HAS LOST NUMEROUS
VESTIGES OF ITS ILLUSTRIOUS PAST AS A RESULT OF
OVERLAYING OF MODERN STRUCTURES ON THE ANCIENT
CITY AND OF RUINOUS EARTHQUAKES, PRESERVES THE
MIGHTY ARAGONESE CASTLE, THE CHURCH DEGLI
OTTOMATI, THE MAGNIFICENT CATHEDRAL AND THE SMALL
ST. PAUL*S MUSEUM. ONE OF THE MAJOR ATTRACTIONS
OF REGGIO IS HOWEVER, THE IMPORTANT NATIONAL
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM. APART FROM THE SUPERB
BRONZES OF RIACE, IT KEEPS NUMEROUS
ARTISTIC-ARCHAEOLOGICAL TREASURES FROM ALL OVER
THE PROVINCE BUT ALSO PREHISTORIC AND
PROTOHISTORIC MATERIALS, AND MEDIEVAL AND MODERN
MASTERPIECES.
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