Pizzo (Calabria)

Pizzo
Country	Italy
region	Calabria
province	Vibo Valentia  (VV)
Coordinates	38 ° 44 '  N , 16 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 44 '0 "  N , 16 ° 10' 0"  E
surface	22 km²
Residents	9,268 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	421 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	89812
prefix	0963
ISTAT number	102027
Popular name	Napetini or pizzitani
Patron saint	San Giorgio
Website	Pizzo

Pizzo is an Italian commune in the province of Vibo Valentia in the Calabria region with 9,268 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Pizzo is located in the southern part of the Gulf of Sant'Eufemia on a steep cliff mountain, 44  m slm . The place is a tourist resort and a center of fishing, especially of tuna .

history

Pizzo was founded in Greek times. After the founder "Nepeto", the residents are still called "Napetini". In the 15th century Ferdinand I had a castle built, the Castello Aragonese , which houses a museum.

In 1815 Napoleon's brother-in-law , Joachim Murat , who was King of Naples at the time, was shot on October 13th after five days of imprisonment, which ended the French rule over southern Italy.

Attractions

• In the center is the church of San Giorgio, which was built in 1632, in which Joachim Murat is buried.
• The Chiesetta di Piedigrotta is a cave sanctuary in the tuff rock . According to legend, at the end of the 17th century, Neapolitan castaways donated an altar to thank them for their salvation. Around 1900, the grotto was carved out of the tuff by Angelo and Alfonso Barone with biblical figures.

eat

Pizzo is the place of origin of the Tartufo ice cream specialty .

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  Chiesetta di Piedigrotta

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  Figures of saints in the Chiesetta the Piedigrotta

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  Bay in Pizzo

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  Aragonese Castle in Pizzo

Web links

Commons : Pizzo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.