Belvedere Marittimo

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Belvedere Marittimo
Comune di Belvedere Marittimo
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Belvedere Marittimo
Belvedere Marittimo (Calabria)
Coordinates: 39°37′N15°52′E / 39.617°N 15.867°E / 39.617; 15.867 Coordinates: 39°37′N15°52′E / 39.617°N 15.867°E / 39.617; 15.867
Country Italy
Region Calabria
Province Cosenza (CS)
Frazioni Laise, Santa Litterata, Trifari, Oracchio, Rocca.
Government
  MayorCommissariata da: Regina Antonella Bardari
Area
[1]
  Total37.09 km2 (14.32 sq mi)
Elevation
150 m (490 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2018) [2]
  Total11.083
  Density0.30/km2 (0.77/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Belvederesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
87021
Dialing code 0985
Patron saintSt. Daniel
Saint day13 October
Website Official website

Belvedere Marittimo is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.

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The town is made of two separate urbanized areas also called "paese" and "marina". The first is what is left of the original medieval town, the second was developed in more recent decades and it now represents the center of Belvedere Marittimo's commercial and touristic services.

Its territory covers a stretch of the Tyrrhenian coast.

The origins of the ancient settlement, called Belviderium, are uncertain: the finding of a bronze axe in the 19th century shows that human presence in the area probably dates back to the pre-historic age. Other archeological findings concern Bruttian graves. The first encastellation can be ascribed to the Normans who built the castle on the cliff under Roger the Norman (1031-1101).[ citation needed ]

Belvedere people were also involved in the Battle of Lepanto (October 7, 1571) during which the mariner and explorer Cecco Pisano distinguished himself.[ citation needed ] In 1622 the town was given to Tiberio Carafa, the first Prince of Belvedere, after whom the castle, that has always been the heart of the town history, was named.[ citation needed ]

The town was also the birthplace of Saint Daniel Fasanella who is also the town's patron saint.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.