Riace ( Calabrian: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region

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, located about south of Catanzaro and about northeast of

Reggio Calabria Reggio di Calabria ( scn, label= Southern Calabrian, Riggiu; el, label= Calabrian Greek, Ρήγι, Rìji), usually referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the largest city in Calabria. It has an estimated popul ...

. Riace borders the municipalities of

Camini Camini is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italy, Italian region Calabria, located about south of Catanzaro and about northeast of Reggio Calabria. Camini borders the following municipalities: Riace, Stignano ...

and

Stignano Stignano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about south of Catanzaro and about northeast of Reggio Calabria. Stignano borders the following municipalities: Camini, Caulonia, ...

Art

It is notable as the place where the ''Bronzi di Riace'' ( Riace bronzes), bronze statues of warriors, were found in the sea in 1972. These Ancient Greek sculptures can be seen in the Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia (National Museum of

Magna Graecia Magna Graecia (, ; , , grc, Μεγάλη Ἑλλάς, ', it, Magna Grecia) was the name given by the Romans to the coastal areas of Southern Italy in the present-day Italian regions of Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania and Sicily; these re ...

, i.e. the colonies of Greater Greece) in

Migration policy

Riace attracted international attention through its policies on migrants under mayor Domenico Lucano during the European migrant crisis. As of January 2011, about 450 refugees from 20 countries had settled there among the 1,800 inhabitants, revitalising the village and preventing the closure of the village school. Lucano, came second runner-up in the 2010 World Mayor competition; the winner was the Mayor of Mexico City, which has about nine million inhabitants. He was also listed by '' Fortune'' as one of the world's greatest leaders in 2016 featuring at number 40 in the magazine's listing. Lucano was later sentenced to 13 years in prison for abetting illegal immigration.

Art

Migration policy

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