| Comune di Gerace | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Calabria |
| Province | Reggio Calabria (RC) |
| Mayor | Salvatore Galluzzo |
| Area | 28 km² (11 sq mi) |
| Population (as of 2001) | |
| - Total | 3,007 |
| - Density | 107/km² (277/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | |
| Dialing code | 0964 |
| Postal code | 89040 |
| Website: comune.gerace.rc.it | |
Gerace (Greek: Ierax, Gerakion) is a town in the province of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Calabria ( Latin: Brutium) is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune The Province of Reggio Calabria (Provincia di Reggio Calabria is a province in the Calabria region of Italy. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Here are a list of area codes in Italy. All numbers here begin with the country code (0039 Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly 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
Gerace is located several miles inland from Locri, yet the latter town and the Sea can be seen from Gerace's perch atop a 500 m vertical rock. Locri is a town and Comune (municipality in the Province of Reggio Calabria, The town stands on a hill formed of conglomerates of sea fossils from 60 millions years ago.
History
The name of the city derives from the Greek Ierax ("Sparrowhawk"). Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The Eurasian Sparrowhawk ( Accipiter nisus) is a small Bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which includes many other diurnal raptors such According to a legend, the inhabitants of the coast, fleeing from a Saracen attack in 915 CE, were led by a Sparrowhawk to the mountains commanding the area of Locri, and here they founded the city. Saracen was a term used by Europeans in the Middle Ages for Fatimids at first then later for all who professed the religion of Islam. Events By Place Europe Battle of Garigliano: The Christian League defeats the Saracens Archeological findings have showed that the area was in fact inhabited since the Neolithic Age; also traces of Sicel presence have been found. The Neolithic (from Greek νεολιθικός — neolithikos from νέος neos, "new" + λίθος lithos The Sicels ( Latin: Siculi; Greek: Σικελοί
Later, even during the highest splendour of Locri, the hill was inhabited and was later the site of a Roman military garrison. After the Byzantine reconquest of Italy (6th century), the town became an administrative, military and religious capital under the name of Santa Ciriaca.
In 986 the Saracens briefly conquered the city, but it returned to Byzantine control until the Norman conquest in 1059. The Catepanate (or Catapanate) of Italy ( Greek:) was a province of the Byzantine Empire, comprising mainland Italy south of a line drawn from The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. Gerace was seat of a principality, whose symbol was the Castle. It subsequently followed the history of the Kingdom of Naples. The Kingdom of Naples was an informal name of the Polity officially known as the Kingdom of Sicily which existed on the mainland of the southern Italian During the Sicilian Vespers (late 13th century), Gerace was occupied by the Aragonese Admiral Roger of Lauria who turned it into his own feudal estate; later it became a "Royal City". The Sicilian Vespers is the name given to a rebellion in Sicily in 1282 against the rule of the Angevin king Charles I of Naples, who had taken control Roger of Lauria, also Ruggero or Ruggiero di Lauria or Llúria (c
In 1348 it became a county, a possession of the Caracciolos, Consalvo de Cordova and, as a principality, of the Grimaldi (end of the 16th century). Caracciolo is the surname of a famous noble family of southern Italy With the abolition of feudalism in 1806, Gerace became district capital. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
A new modern town, Gerace Marina, was built on the coast in the 19th century to house new public buildings. The name was changed to Locri in 1934.
Main sights
The main attractions of Gerace are the remains of the old Norman Castle (probably begun in the 10th century by the Byzantines) at the top of Gerace, and the perfectly preserved medieval town. It was once home to 128 churches; the most noteworthy amongst the remaining ones include:
- Church of St. Francis (13th century), containing a precious Baroque altar.
- The Norman Cathedral, the largest religious building in Calabria, including the prison of the Five Martyrs of Gerace (1045). For other buildings in Normandy see Architecture of Normandy. It has a nave and two aisles, each divided by 13 columns coming from the ancient temples of Locri. Locri is a town and Comune (municipality in the Province of Reggio Calabria, The crypt is accessible also. In terms of European architecture a crypt (from the Latin crypta and the Greek κρυπτη, kryptē) is a stone chamber or It has also a museum, founded in 1996.
- the small San Giovannello ("Little St. John", 10th century).
- Santa Maria del Mastro (1083), of Greek rite until 1480.
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 A Hebrew inscription partially preserved on a house, which could indicate the existence of a Jewish community in the past. |
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