Isola di Capo Rizzuto is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions (''Regions of Italy, regioni'') and provinces (''Provinces ...
'' (municipality) in the
province of Crotone,
Calabria
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Italy. The population of the town is around 15,000.
Overview
Despite the name ''Isola'' (island), the town is entirely on the mainland. There are several theories about the name, which may derive from Greek mythology or may be a corruption of a Greek word. Geographically the seaside district of the town of Capo Rizzuto is a peninsula. Elsewhere the main historical attraction, the powerful 16th-century fortification in the district of Le Castella, stands on piece of land connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway.
In 1977 the archaeologist
Domenico Marino discovered and excavated a site on the
Capo Piccolo promontory with important
Early Bronze Age II and
Middle Bronze Age I-II artifacts of
Minoan
The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age Aegean civilization on the island of Crete and other Aegean Islands, whose earliest beginnings were from 3500BC, with the complex urban civilization beginning around 2000BC, and then declining from 1450B ...
origin, demonstrating early trade contact between the eastern Mediterranean and Italy. The finds are on display in the National Archaeological Museum in nearby
Crotone
Crotone (, ; nap, label= Crotonese, Cutrone or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Calabria, Italy. Founded as the Achaean colony of Kroton ( grc, Κρότων or ; la, Crotona) in Magna Graecia, it was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until ...
.
The town forms part of the
Marine Protected Area Capo Rizzuto.
The Sant'Anna Cara immigrant centre holds 1,500 people at a time.
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See also
* Calabrian wine
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Isola
* Capo Rizzuto Lighthouse
References
External links
Comune di Isola di Capo Rizzuto
fficial website, in Italian
Cities and towns in Calabria
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