Quattromiglia, also known as ''Quattromiglia di Rende'', is an inhabited area of the municipality of

Rende Rende is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy, home to the headquarters of the University of Calabria. It has a population of about 35,000, or more than 60,000 if the university students living there are taken ...

in the

province of Cosenza The province of Cosenza () is a province in the Calabria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Cosenza. It contains 150 ''comuni'' (: ''comune''), listed at list of ''comuni'' of the province of Cosenza. The province of Cosenza contains ...

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 ...

. With a population of 8,813, it is the most populated district of its municipality.Info on italia.indettaglio.it
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History

The origin of the name, meaning "Four Miles", derives from the

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

words ''Quattuor'' (four) and ''Milia'' (mile). It was due to the name of a farmhouse, 4 miles far from ''Cosentia'', the modern

Cosenza Cosenza (; Languages of Calabria#Northern Calabrian (Cosentian), Cosentian: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city located in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000, while the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. ...

. Founded at the end of the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...

, the town urbanistically grew up in the 1970s, mainly due to the presence of the University of Calabria (2,2 km far), near the neighboring village of Arcavacata.

Geography

Located in the northern suburb of

(6 km far), Quattromiglia is 8 from

Castiglione Cosentino Castiglione Cosentino is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Geography Located in the north of the suburban area of Cosenza, Castiglione borders with the municipalities of Rende, Rose, Calabr ...

and 28 from Paola. It is extended along the national road SS 19 from the hills in the west to the river

Crati The Crati is a river in Calabria, southern Italy. It is the largest river of Calabria and the third largest river of southern Italy after the Volturno and the Sele. In classical antiquity it was known as the Crathis or Crater (Greek: ). Geograph ...

in the east.

Transport

Quattromiglia is served by the A3 motorway, crossing the town, at the exit "Rende-Cosenza Nord". It counts also a railway station, the one of Castiglione Cosentino, one the Paola-Cosenza line.Article about projects for Castiglione station area (Rende municipal website)
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Gallery

File:Stazione di Castiglione di giorno.jpg, Castiglione Cosentino station File:Fiume Emoli Rende - panoramio.jpg, Emoli river near Quattromiglia File:Piramide Marconi - panoramio.jpg, Pyramid of the Marconi Shopping Center

References

External links

{{authority control Rende Frazioni of the Province of Cosenza