Aspromonte is a mountain massif in the province of Reggio Calabria (Calabria, southern Italy). The Province of Reggio Calabria (Provincia di Reggio Calabria is a province in the Calabria region of Italy. Calabria ( Latin: Brutium) is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The name means "sour mountains," so named by the farmers who found its steep terrain and rocky soil difficult to cultivate. It overlooks the Strait of Messina, being limited by the Ionian and Tyrrhenian Seas and by the Pietrace river. The Strait of Messina ( Strittu di Missina in Sicilian) is the narrow section of water between the eastern tip of Sicily and the southern The Ionian Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. The Tyrrhenian Sea (Mar Tirreno is part of the Mediterranean Sea off of the western coast of Italy. The highest peak is the Montalto (1,956 m). The constituing rocks are mostly gneiss, and mica schists, which form characteristic overlapping terraces. Gneiss (ˈnaɪs is a common and widely distributed type of rock formed by high-grade regional metamorphic processes from preexisting formations that were originally The word "mica" is thought to be derived from the Latin word la micare, "glitteren" in reference to the brilliant appearance of this mineral (especially The schists form a group of medium-grade Metamorphic rocks chiefly notable for the preponderance of lamellar Minerals such as Micas chlorite The massif is part of the Aspromonte National Park.
In the short coastal strip citrus fruits, vine and olives are grown, while at highe elevations the vegetation is composed mostly by oak and holm oak under the 1,000 m, and by pine, Sicilian fir and beech over it. Citrus is a common term and Genus of Flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, originating in tropical and subtropical southeast regions of A vine is any plant of Genus Vitis (the Grape plants or by extension any similar climbing or trailing plant The Olive ( Olea europaea) is a Species of small Tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern The term oak can be used as part of the common name of any of about 400 species of Trees and Shrubs in the Genus Quercus (from Latin The Holm Oak ( Quercus ilex) also called Holly Oak or Evergreen Oak is a large Evergreen Oak native to the Mediterranean region. This article is about the tree For other uses of the term "pine" see Pine (disambiguation. Sicilian Fir ( Abies nebrodensis) is a Fir native to the Monti Nebrodi Mountains in northern Sicily. For the babyfood see Beech-Nut. Beech ( Fagus) is a genus of ten Species of Deciduous Trees in the Olive trees grow in abundance. Also, the rare bergamot, the lemony-yellow fruit used in perfumes and flavoring for Earl Grey tea, only grows in the southern Aspromonte. This article is about the citrus fruit For the herb see Monarda didyma.
Points of attraction include the Gambarie ski resort (1,311 m) and the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Polsi, in the comune of San Luca. The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Polsi also known as the Sanctuary of Santa Maria di Polsi or Our lady of the Mountain lies in the heart of the Aspromonte mountains In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic Administrative division of both provinces and regions and may be properly approximated in San Luca is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 100 km southwest Part of the population has retained Greek culture and language (the so-called Griko language). The Greeks ( Greek: Έλληνες) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions Griko, sometimes spelled Grico, is a Modern Greek dialect which is spoken by people in the Magna Graecia region in southern Italy, and it
Giuseppe Garibaldi, landing here with 3,000 volunteers in his march towards Rome, was defeated and captured on August 29, 1862 in the Battle of Aspromonte. Garibaldi redirects here for other meanings see Garibaldi (disambiguation. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Main article Expedition against Rome. The Battle of Aspromonte, named for the mountain near Reggio Calabria in southern Italy
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