Gioiosa Ionica (
Calabrian: ) is a town and ''
comune'' in
Italy in the
province of Reggio Calabria, region of
Calabria
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. It lies near the east coast of Calabria and covers an area of .
The remains of a theatre belonging to the Roman period were discovered in 1883.
The ruins of an ancient building called the Naviglio, the nature of which does not seem clear, are described (''ib''. 1884, p. 252).
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Cities and towns in Calabria
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