Tarsia is a town and ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' 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 ...

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 Southern Italy (, , or , ; ; ), also known as () or (; ; ; ), is a macroregion of Italy consisting of its southern Regions of Italy, regions. The term "" today mostly refers to the regions that are associated with the people, lands or cultu ...

. The ancient town of

Caprasia Caprasia was an ancient town of Bruttium, placed by the Itineraries on the road from Muranum to Consentia (modern Cosenza), at a distance of 28 miles from the latter city. (Itin. Ant. pp. 105, 110; Tabula Peutingeriana) It is probably the m ...

is thought to be the modern Tarsia.

Geography

The municipality borders with

Bisignano Bisignano ( Calabrian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza, part of the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is situated on hills in the Crati valley, between the Pollino and Sila National Parks. The town has historically bee ...

Corigliano Calabro Corigliano Calabro is a town and a ''frazione'' of Corigliano-Rossano located in the province of Cosenza, c. 40 km northeast of the city of Cosenza, in Calabria, southern Italy. Geography It is situated near the mouth of a river of the sa ...

Roggiano Gravina Roggiano Gravina is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The Roman villa of Larderia is one of the most important extra-urban residential complexes in Roman Calabria, both in terms of layou ...

San Demetrio Corone San Demetrio Corone ( Arbëreshë: ''Shën Mitri'') is a town and municipality in the Calabria region of Italy, at an altitude of 521 meters and with 3,387 inhabitants. The town is among the most important cultural centers of the Albanian communi ...

San Lorenzo del Vallo San Lorenzo del Vallo () is an Arbëreshë town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, West ...

San Marco Argentano San Marco Argentano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Main sights include the Norman tower, several churches and the ruins of an abbey, Santa Maria della Matina. San Marco Argentano was ...

Santa Sofia d'Epiro Santa Sofia d'Epiro () is an Arbëresh town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The town is bordered by Acri, Bisignano Bisignano ( Calabrian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cose ...

Spezzano Albanese Spezzano Albanese (Arbëreshë: ''Spixan'') is a municipality in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, southern Italy. It is located on a 320 m high hill commanding the plain of Sibari and the Esaro river valley. It originated from Albanian em ...

and

Terranova da Sibari Terra Nova (literally "New Earth" or "New Land") may refer to: Places Antarctica * Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land * Terra Nova Islands, a pair of small phantom islands near Antarctica * Mount Terra Nova, a snow-covered mountain (2,130 m) Braz ...

History

During World War II, Benito Mussolini built Italy's largest fascist concentration camp there, the

Ferramonti internment camp Ferramonti di Tarsia, also known as Ferramonti, was an Italian internment camp used to intern political dissidents and ethnic minorities. It was located in the municipality of Tarsia, near Cosenza, in Calabria. It was the largest of the fifteen int ...

. Imprisoned there were mainly Jews and ethnic minorities considered as enemies by the fascist regime. The camp was liberated by the British on September 14, 1943.

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Cities and towns in Calabria {{Calabria-geo-stub

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