Coreca

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Coreca
Panorama Coreca 2018.jpg
Country Italy
region Calabria
province Cosenza  (CS)
local community Amantea
Coordinates 39 ° 5 '  N , 16 ° 5'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 5 '0 "  N , 16 ° 5' 27"  E
height 18  m slm
surface 4 km²
Residents 650 (2016)
Population density 163 inhabitants / km²
Demonym Corachesi
patron Mary of the Angels
Church day August 22nd
Telephone code 0982 CAP 87032

Coreca ( Coraca or Corica ) is a fraction of Amantea in the Italian province of Cosenza , on the border with Campora San Giovanni ( Calabria ). The place has 650 inhabitants.

Physiogeography

area

Coreca faces the southern Tyrrhenian Sea from the west and is surrounded by the capital Amanteas in the south. The place begins where the border with Campora San Giovanni is. The area consists mainly of a ledge; here are the Grotte di Coreca ; the city center is on the plane. There are undulating wide beaches. The climate is mild.

Districts

  • Formiciche
  • Giascogne (in the local dialect Juascugnu )
  • Grotto (in the local dialect i Grutti )
  • La Pietra (in the local dialect a Petraja )
  • Marinella (since 2011)
  • Oliva (since 2011)
  • Stritture (until 2008, then to Campora San Giovanni and again since 2011 to Coreca)
  • Salto da Zita
  • Scogliera

history

The place, as the name suggests, probably dates back to the Greek era.

In order to protect the coast from piracy , especially from the barbarian states, in the middle of the 16th century , structural measures were necessary. In 1550 watchtowers were built along the coast, one on the border to Belmonte , namely the now largely disappeared Torre Vierri, one on Cape Coreca , and finally another in Campora San Giovanni . The corporal ('caporale') Ignazio Magnicaro took possession of the tower at Coreca in 1681.

Coreca in 1950

In 2015 the dispute began about a huge barrier that was to be erected in front of the rock of Coreca ( scoglio di Coreca ), which Odysseus is said to have called "Koreca petre". Since the rock was not endangered, a citizens' initiative was formed against the project. In 2017, the area was exposed to industrial waste poisoning the Oliva River, with a court acquitting the defendants.

economy

Due to its proximity to Campora San Giovanni, Coreca's main economic resource is the tourism sector, which develops thanks to the beauty of the coast: the rocks are highly valued in Coreca. They have been photographed since the 1960s and used as locations for amateur radio. A small number of residents work in agriculture. Onions, citrus fruits and potatoes are grown. There is also poultry and pig farming on an industrial scale. The economic situation is characterized by small companies in the construction, textile, food, securities and mechanical sectors. There are a number of commuters to Cosenza , Catanzaro and Lamezia Terme .

Photo gallery

  • Church of Our Lady of Angels in Coreca

  • Coreca square in an evening view

  • The "Turriella" tower

  • the Coreca square during a summer event

  • Coreca Bay

  • Coreca beach overlooking the cliff

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Susanna Miceli: Amantea sul finire del Settecento. Uomini, natura, società , Due Emme, 1996, p. 9.
  2. ^ Pier Paolo Balbo: Per un atlante della Calabria. Territorio, insediamenti storici, manufatti architettonici , Gangemi, 1993, p. 610.
  3. ^ Archivio di Stato Cosenza, Notary Natale Carvano, Amantea, 5 maggio 1681, f. 27 (based on: Quadro storico-ambientale della provincia di Cosenza in età feudale , tesi di laurea, Cosenza undated, p. 95, note 193).
  4. ↑ Intervento sulla massicciata a protezione dello scoglio di Coreca , Comitato Civico Natale de Grazia.
  5. ↑ Inquinamento Fiume Oliva, il caso in Parlamento europeo. Chiesta l'istituzione di un Fondo per la bonifica , Comitato Civico Natale de Grazia.