Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Reggio Calabria in the
Italian
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region
Calabria, located about southwest of
Catanzaro
Catanzaro (, or ; scn, label= Catanzarese, Catanzaru ; , or , ''Katastaríoi Lokrói''; ; la, Catacium), 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 p ...
and about northeast of
Reggio Calabria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,061 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute ]Istat
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.
Overview
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte borders the following municipalities:
Bagnara Calabra
Bagnara Calabra (or simply Bagnara) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in Calabria, southern Italy. It is located in the hills facing the Tyrrhenian Sea on the southern tip of the region, about southwest of Catanz ...
,
Melicuccà
Melicuccà () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about northeast of Reggio Calabria.
Melicuccà borders the following municipalities: Bagn ...
,
San Procopio
San Procopio ( scn, label= Calabrian, San Pricopi; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about northeast of Reggio Calabria. As of 31 December ...
,
Scilla
''Scilla'' () is a genus of about 30 to 80 species of bulb-forming perennial herbaceous plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Sometimes called the squills in English, they are native to woodlands, subalpine meadows, and sea ...
,
Sinopoli.
Robert Guiscard established a monastery here in the 11th century. Its first abbot was
Robert de Grantmesnil
Robert de Grantmesnil (de Grandmesnil) also known as Robert II, was a Norman nobleman; a member of a prominent Norman family. He first became a monk, then abbot at the Abbey of Saint-Evroul in Normandy and later Bishop of Troina in the Norman King ...
, the exiled abbot of
Saint-Evroul-sur-Ouche The Abbey of Saint-Evroul or Saint-Evroul-sur-Ouche (''Saint-Evroult-sur-Ouche, Saint-Evroul-en-Ouche, Saint-Evroult-en-Ouche, Abbaye de Saint-Evroult, Sanctus Ebrulphus Uticensis '') is a former Benedictine abbey in Normandy, located in the present ...
, who brought with him 11 monks and began a musical tradition at Sant'Eufemia to rival the fame of that of Saint-Evroul.
Demographic evolution
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References
External links
Cities and towns in Calabria
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