Soverato (
Calabrian: ) is a town and ''
comune
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'' in the
province of Catanzaro in the
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 ...
region of Southern
Italy
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.
Soverato is the wealthiest town per capita in Calabria, and it has recently been experiencing a spike in tourism since 2015, making Soverato a popular travel destination. Recent projects have been underway to accommodate these new tourists including the addition of the Villa Comunale, the renovation of Lungomare Europa and the ongoing reconfiguration of the main shopping road in town, Corso Umberto I, which is scheduled to be complete in late 2019. In Calabria, there is a mix of italian and the local dialect called Calabrian.
Geography
Soverato sits on the
Ionian Sea
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, in the Gulf of Squillace. Nearby there is a string of villages along the white beaches of the gulf like
Montepaone,
Davoli and
Isca Marina.
The
Giardino Botanico Santicelli botanic gardens were built on a former waste site in 1980. The town is bordered by
Montepaone,
Petrizzi and
Satriano. Soverato can be reached via the
Lamezia Terme International Airport within a 35- to 40-minute drive.
Notable people
*
Guido Daniele (hand and body artist)
*
Elisabetta Gregoraci (model and TV personality)
* Vincenzo Guarna (prose writer)
* Antonio Lombardo (tombeur de femmes)
Photogallery
Modern buildings
File:SoveratoPalace 03.jpg
File:SoveratoPalace 02.jpg
File:SoveratoPalace 01.jpg
Notes and references
External links
Cities and towns in Calabria
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