Mammola is a ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria
Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria () is an area of local government at the level of metropolitan city in the Calabria region of Italy. It comprises the territory of the city of Reggio Calabria and 97 other ''comuni'' (: ''comune'') in the hin ...
in the
Italian
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region
Calabria
Calabria is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. It is a peninsula bordered by the region Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea to the east, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian S ...
, located about southwest of
Catanzaro
Catanzaro (; or ; ), also known as the "City of the two Seas" (), is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its province and the second most populated comune of the region, behind Reggio Calabr ...
and about northeast of
Reggio Calabria
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.
Mammola borders the following municipalities:
Agnana Calabra,
Canolo,
Cinquefrondi,
Galatro,
Giffone,
Grotteria,
San Giorgio Morgeto,
Siderno.
People
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Sal Albanese, a former New York City Councilman and candidate for Mayor elections 2013.
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Nick Mancuso
Nicodemo Antonio Massimo Mancuso (born May 29, 1948) is an Italian-Canadian actor, artist, playwright, and director. Beginning his career as a stage actor, he had his breakthrough role in the 1981 drama ''Ticket to Heaven'', for which he won th ...
, actor.
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Nik Spatari, internationally renowned artist and sculptor, creator and producer of the Park Museum Santa Barbara.
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Alan Barillaro, director, animator and screenwriter.
*
Vincenzo Cotroni, Italian Canadian crime boss. Founder of the now called Rizzuto crime family.
Twin towns
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Mezdra
Mezdra ( ) is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vratsa Province. It is located on the left bank of the Iskar River, just north of its gorge through the Balkan Mountains.
History
Although the area around it has been inhabited continuously s ...
, Bulgaria, February 4, 2007
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Saint-Clair-du-Rhône, France, May 17, 2010
References
External links
Official website
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Cities and towns in Calabria