Tropea
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| Comune di Tropea | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Calabria |
| Province | Vibo Valentia (VV) |
| Mayor | Francesco Mario Sammarco (since April 4, 2005) |
| Elevation | 60 m (197 ft) |
| Area | 3.2 km² (1 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 31, 2004) | |
| - Total | 6,922 |
| - Density | 2,163/km² (5,602/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Tropeani (dialectal: Trupiani) |
| Dialing code | 0963 |
| Postal code | 89861 |
| Frazioni | Marina |
| Patron | St. Madonna of Romania |
| - Day | March 27 |
| Website: www.comune.tropea.vv.it | |
- Tropea is also a village in the prefecture of Arcadia in Greece, see by the alternative name of Tropaia
Tropea (Greek: Tropaea, Trophea) is a municipality located within the province of Vibo Valentia, in Calabria (southern Italy).
The town is a famous bathing place, situated on a reef, in the gulf of St. Euphemia connected with the mainland by a narrow strip in the Tyrrhenian Sea, toward the south with respect to Vibo Valentia and northward with respect to Ricadi and Capo Vaticano.
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[edit] Ecclesiastical history
Nicotera and Tropea is a Roman Catholic suffragan diocese of the archbishopric of Reggio di Calabria.
Nicotera, the ancient Medama, is a city of the Province of Catanzaro, in Calabria, Italy; it was destroyed by the earthquake of 1783. Its first known bishop was Proculus, to whom, with others, a letter of pope St. Gregory the Great was written in 599. With the exception of Sergius (787), none of its bishops is known earlier than 1392. Under Bishop Charles Pinti, the city was pillaged by the Ottoman Turks.
In 1818, it was united on equal terms (aeque principaliter) with the Diocese of Tropea. In the town center there is a beautiful cathedral, restored after its destruction by the earthquake of 1783. Here the Greek Rite was formerly used. Only three bishops before the Norman conquest are known; the first, Joannes, is referred to the year 649; among its other prelates was Nicolò Acciapori (1410), an eminent statesman.
The diocese had in the early 20th century 72 parishes, with 78,000 inhabitants, a Franciscan house, and a house of the Sisters of Charity.
[edit] Notable people
It is the birthplace of :
- the painter Spanò
- the anatomists Pietro and Paolo Vianeo
- the philosopher Pasquale Galluppi
- actor Raf Vallone (1916-2002) IMDb
- American mobster Albert Anastasia
[edit] "Tropea Onions"
Many villages around tropea produce a particular quality of red onion. In Italy this onions are so famous that "Cipolla di Tropea" (Tropea's Onion) is an Italian synonym for all the generic red onions.
The town's best gelateria, Tonino in the Corso, even makes a red onion ice cream (as well as others based on squid ink and nduja, the local spicy salami).
[edit] Sources and external links
- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
- Travel Guide of Tropea and Capo Vaticano in Calabria
- Pro Loco Tropea - Turistic Association & IAT point (Touristic's Information & Assistance)
- Museo Antichi Mestieri
- Calabria Tourism
- Brief History of Tropea
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