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Reggio Calabria
Reggio Calabria is the most highly populated city in the Calabrian Region (around 180.000 inhabitants) and is situated on the southern tip of the region on the eastern side of the Straits of Messina and opposite the city of Messina to which it is closely linked.
Rebuilt many times after the numerous earth tremors which devastated its urban structure, the last one being the catastrophic quake in 1908, today Reggio Calabria has a modern urban layout.
Main monuments
Cathedral |
The construction of Reggio’s Cathedral goes back to the foundation of the Church by San Paolo. On the main altar, from September to November, the painting of the Lady of the city, the Madonna della Consolazione, is displayed.
Among the chapels inside the cathedral of great value is the one of SS. Sacramento with its inlayed marble walls, realised in 1539 by the bishop Agostino Gonzaga. |
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Castello Aragonese |
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Museums
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Archaeological Museum |
The Archeological Museum of Reggio Calabria was instituted in 1882, originally as a municipal museum. Its building was built under a project by the architect Marcello Piacentini in 1932, but remained unused during the war and through the postwar. In 1955 was partially opened to the public. It has many sections: the prehistorical collection, the locrese section, the section dedicated to the greek colonies in Calabria, the numismatic section and the archeological skin-diving, that since 1981 is home to the famous Bronzi di Riace, precious witnesses of bronze greek sculpture of the V cent. B.C., and the Philosopher’s Head of Porticello, found in a wreck in the depths of the sea in the area of Porticello of Villa San Giovanni.
Piazza De Nava, 26
tel 0965/812255-812256 |
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Accomodation
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APAN * * * *
Viale Laboccetta
Tel. 0965 598813 - Fax 0965 598829
 www.hotelapan.com
GRANDE ALBERGO MIRAMARE * * * *
V. FATA MORGANA 1
Tel. 0965 812444 - Fax 0965 812450
miramare@reggiocalabriahotels.it
HOTEL RESIDENCE PRESIDENT * * * *
V. PETRARCA
Tel. 0965 372201 - Fax 0965 372201
ALBERGO LA LAMPARA * * *
LUNGOMARE 141
Tel. 0965 359866 - 0965 359590 - Fax 0965 359867
ALBERGO LIDO * * *
V. 3 SETTEMBRE 6
Tel. 0965 25001 - 0965 25002 - Fax 0965 899393
www.hotellidorc.it
HOTEL CONTINENTAL * * *
V. FLORIO 10
Tel. 0965 896000 - 0965 24990 - Fax 0965 899903
PALACE HOTEL PALACE MASOANRI’S * * *
V. V. VENETO 95
Tel. 0965 26433 - Fax 0965 26436
www.reggiocalabriahotels.it/pres-palace.htm
PRIMAVERA HOTEL * * *
V. NAZIONALE PENTIMELE 177
Tel. 0965 47081 - Fax 0965 47121
www.netonline.it/ospiti/primavera
RESIDENCE ALPA * * *
Via Sbarre Centrali N. 591
Tel. 0965/57756 - Fax 0965/53257
www.hotelresidencealpa.it
VILLAGGIO RIVAMARE * * *
V. MERCATO VECCHIO 9
Tel. 0965 301067 - Fax 0995 301626
ALBERGO EREMO * *
V. EREMO BOTTE 12
Tel. 0965 22433
HOTEL DIANA * *
V. VITRIOLI 12
Tel. 0965 891522
ALBERGO NOEL *
VL. ZERBI 13
Tel. 0965 330044 - 0965 890965 |
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Camping Bellino * *
Loc. Doganieri (Reggio Calabria Lido)
Tel: 0961.719250
Camping Cammello Grigio
Via Navigatori, Lido
Tel: 0961.391512
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Eating out
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Agorà - Via Cattolica dei Greci, 24
Babilonia - Via Cardinale Tripepi n.7
Barbaro G. - Via Nazionale,71
Battaglia C. - Via Spirito Santo
Bergamotteria - Via Torrione 69/b
Bottiglieria 2010 Pellarese - Via Sottolume Pellaro
Bracieria - Via D.Tripepi, 81-83
Criserà - Via S, Caterina
Franco T. - Via Nazionale Pellaro,329
London Bistro - Via Osanna 2/F
Ristorante Da Giovanni - Via Torrione, 77
Ristorante La Pignata - Via Demetrio Tripepi n.122
Royal Garden - Via Arangea prov. Gallina, 218/A
Taverna di Bacco - Via Dei Pritanei,10
Tripodi Enoteca - Via Veneto,46
Via Veneto Cafè - Via Veneto, 62-64 |
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