Umbriatico

Umbriatico
Comune
Comune di Umbriatico

Coat of arms
Umbriatico

Location of Umbriatico in Italy

Coordinates: 39°21′N 16°54′E / 39.350°N 16.900°ECoordinates: 39°21′N 16°54′E / 39.350°N 16.900°E
Country Italy
Region Calabria
Province Crotone (KR)
Frazioni Perticaro
Government
  Mayor Vincenzio Chiarello
Area
  Total 72 km2 (28 sq mi)
Elevation 422 m (1,385 ft)
Population (2007)
  Total 930
  Density 13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 88823
Dialing code 0962

Umbriatico is a comune and town in the province of Crotone, in Calabria, southern Italy. As of 2007 Umbriatico had an estimated population of 930.[1]

History

Umbriatico was founded by the Oenotrians before the arrival of the Greek colonists who founded nearby Kroton. During the Second Punic War it had a defensive wall, but this did not prevent the Romans from storming it and massacring the population.

During the Middle Ages Umbriatico was the seat of a bishopric, which was abolished as a residential see in 1818 and brought into use as a titular diocese of the Catholic Church in 1969.

The town is now a small agricultural and livestock-breeding centre.

Sources

  1. ""The World Gazetteer"". Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2007-02-25.