fiogf49gjkf0d THE HOTEL IS LOCATED 1 KM FROM DIAMANTE.
*PEARL OF THE TYRRHENIAN*, IS ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT AND BEST EQUIPPED SEASIDE RESORTS OF
THE RIVIERA DEI CEDRI.
ON A STRIP OF LAND PROJECTING INTO THE VIOLET
BLUE WATERS OF THE SEA, DIAMANTE OFFERS NATURAL
SCENERY OF EXTRAORDINARY BEAUTY.
ENCHANTING PEBBLE AND SAND BEACHES WHICH FORM THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL SEASIDE OF THE TYRRHENIAN COAST IN
THE PROVINCE OF COSENZA, STRANGE SHAPED VOLCANIC
CLIFFS AND SUPERB GREEN MOUNTAINS FRAME THE
RESORT.
THE NAME OF THIS TOWN IS SUPPOSED TO DERIVE FROM
ALL THIS BEAUTY OR FROM THE OLD NAME OF THE
CORVINO TORRENT, ONCE KNOWN AS THE DIAMANTE RIVER
FOR ITS CRYSTAL CLEAR WATERS.
THE TOWN CENTER ROSE IN THE XVII CENTURY AND
DEVELOPED VERY QUICKLY.
IT RETAINS INTERESTING RUINS OF THE CARAFA CASTLE
AND THE FINE CHURCH DELL*IMMACOLATA.
KNOWN UPTO THE XVIII CENTURY FOR THE PRODUCTION
OF SUGAR CANE, THE TOWN IS NOW FAMED FOR ITS LIME
PRODUCTION.
THE MURALS THAT MARK THE HISTORIC CENTET MAKE IT
A TOWN OF ART.
VERY NEAR THE MAGNIFICENT CORVINO PARK, DIAMANTE
IS ALSO THE SEAT OF THE NATIONAL CHILI PEPPER
ACADEMY THAT ORGANIZES THE FAMOUS FESTIVAL EVERY
YEAR.
THE HOTEL DEI FOCESI IS ABOUT 3 KM FROM CIRELLA.
CHARMING SEA RESORT ON THE RIVIERA DEI CEDRI, HAS
AN ANCIENT AND FASCINATING HISTORY.
KNOWN AND INHABITED FIRST BY THE GREEKS AND THEN
BY THE ROMANS, CIRELLA MAINTAINS THE MEDIEVAL
CENTER OF THE OLD TOWN ON A PROMONTORY DOMINATING
THE SEA WITH A MAGNIFICENT VIEW.
THESE REMAINS ARE INTERESTING ARTISTIC AND
ARCHITECTURAL TESTIMONY THAT SURVIVED DESTRUCTION
BY THE FRENCH FLEET IN 1806.
AT THE FOOT OF THE PROMONTORY THERE IS A
MAUSOLEUM, PROBABLY DATING BACK TO THE ROMAN AGE.
IN THE CENTER OF THE TOWN IS THE BEAUTIFUL CHURCH
OF SANTA MARIA DE FLORES.
FACING THE CIRELLA COAST, A SHORT DISTANCE FROM
THE BEACH, THE ISLET OF THE SAME NAME EMERGES
FROM THE BLUE WATERS.
IT IS LESS THAN A KILOMETRE IN CIRCUMFERENCE AND
THERE ARE STILL RUINS OF ANCIENT STRONGHOLDS
THERE.
ENCHANTING SCENERY, A TRANSPARENT SEA FULL OF
FISH, MAGNIFICENT SAND AND PEBBLE BEACHES
ALTERNATING WITH VOLCANIC CLIFFS.
SPORT AND ENTERTAINMENT CIRELLA IS ALL THIS.
SITUATED ON THE HIGH TYRRHENIAN COAST OF THE
COSENZA REGION, WITH A SUMMER PERIOD LASTING FROM
MAY TO OCTOBER.
THE HOTEL DEI FOCESI IS ABOUT 25 KM FROM
PAPASIDERO.
OF BYZANTINE ORIGINS, SITUATED IN THE HINTERLAND
OF THE TYRRHENIAN COAST OF THE COSENZA REGION, AT
THE HEIGHT OF SCALEA, EXTENDS ALONG THE CHARMING
RIVER LAO VALLEY MIDST THICK CHESTNUT WOODS.
IN THE FAMOUS GROTTO DEL ROMITO THERE IS SOME OF
THE OLDEST EVIDENCE TO THE PRESENCE OF MAN IN
CALABRIA.
THE INTERESTING GRAFFITO REPRESENTING A PRIMITIVE
OX DATES BACK TO THE UPPER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD AS
WELL AS HUMAN REMAINS OVER 10,000 YEARS OLD.
INVOLVED WITH THE PRESENCE AND BY THE WORK OF
BASILICAN MONKS, PAPASIDERO STILL SHOWS TRACES OF
THESE PERIODS IN A MONASTERY NEAR AVENA DATING
BACK TO THE X CENTURY AS WELL AS IN A SMALL
CHURCH SITUATED NEAR THE GROTTO DEL ROMITO.
THE RUINS OF THE CASTLE AND THE SANCTUARY OF THE
MADONNA DI COSTANTINOPOLI WITH ITS FOURTEENTH
CENTURY BYZANTINE FRESCOES ARE ALSO WORTHY OF
NOTE.
THE HOTEL DEI FOCESI IS ABOUT 40 KM FROM
MORMANNO.
A VILLAGE OF LONGOBARD ORIGINS PROBABLY FOUNDED
IN THE VI CENTURY, CLINGS TO THE POLLINO SLOPES
BETWEEN THE SS 19 AND THE SS 104 AND DOMINATES
THE HIGH LAO RIVER VALLEY.
THANKS TO ITS GEOGRAPHIC POSITION, IT FAVORS
EXCURSIONS ON THE POLLINO OR ALONG THE COAST
TOWARDS SCALEA.
INTERESTING ARCHITECTURE ABOUNDS, SUCH AS THE
FIFTEENTH CENTURY CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA DEL COLLE
WITH ITS MAGNIFICENT BAROQUE FACADE, THE
BYZANTINE CHURCH OF SANTA CATERINA WITH ITS
VALUABLE BYZANTINE STYLE WOODEN ALTAR AND THE
CHURCH OF S.ROCCO BUILT IN THE LATE XVIII
CENTURY.
THE SURROUNDINGS OF MORMANNO ARE WELL KNOWN FOR
GAME HUNTING AND THE VILLAGE ITSELF IS THE
BIRTHPLACE OF THE FAMOUS RENAISSANCE ARCHITECT,
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