Cittanova

This article is about the town in Calabria, Italy. For the city in Istria, Croatia, named Cittanova in Italian, see Novigrad.

Cittanova is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southwest of Catanzaro and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northeast of Reggio Calabria.

Geography

Cittanova borders the following municipalities: Antonimina, Canolo, Ciminà, Gerace, Melicucco, Molochio, Polistena, Rizziconi, Rosarno, San Giorgio Morgeto, Taurianova.

History

Cittanova ("New City") was born in 1618, in the wake of the disastrous earthquake of 1616, as the Nuovo Casale di Curtuladi ("New Hamlet of Curtuladi"), then Casalnuovo upgraded to city status as Cittanova. The city was all but demolished in the great earthquake of 1783 that damaged Messina.[2]

Demographics

Twin towns

References

  1. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. ^ On-line history of Cittanova

External links

Media related to Cittanova at Wikimedia Commons