San Luca

San Luca
Country	Italy
region	Calabria
Metropolitan city	Reggio Calabria (RC)
Coordinates	38 ° 9 ' N , 16 ° 4' E Coordinates: 38 ° 9 '0 " N , 16 ° 4' 0" E
height	250 m slm
surface	104 km²
Residents	3,633 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	35 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	89030
prefix	0964
ISTAT number	080074
Popular name	Sanluchesi
Patron saint	San Luca evangelista
Website	San Luca

San Luca is a place with 3633 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in Calabria in southern Italy in the metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria .

geography

The area of San Luca covers 104.12 square kilometers. The place consists of the districts Lentile, Ricciolio, Vorrea, Polsi and Stranges and is located at the foot of the 1955 m high Aspromonte mountain range at an altitude of 250 meters above sea level. The neighboring municipalities are Benestare , Bovalino , Careri , Casignana , Cosoleto , Delianuova , Samo , Sant'Agata del Bianco , Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte and Scido .

Sanctuary of Santa Maria di Polsi

The pilgrimage church, which was founded by Roger II of Sicily near San Luca in 1144 and is located at an altitude of 865 m, is the destination of up to 50,000 believers every year at the end of August and beginning of September.

'Ndrangheta

San Luca is considered a stronghold of the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta . Due to the feud that broke out in 1991 between the Strangio-Nirta and Pelle-Romeo families, which has resulted in 26 deaths so far, the village is named for this vendetta . The clashes reached Germany as a result of the Mafia murders in Duisburg on August 15, 2007. In 2011 and 2013 the council was disbanded because of ties to the 'Ndrangheta. Since 2013 the place has been administered by a commissioner sent by the regional government.

People from San Luca

Corrado Alvaro (1895–1956), writer

Web links

Commons : San Luca - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
↑ Jörg Bremer : The Madonna is also there for Mafiosi . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , August 19, 2011.
↑ Jörg Bremer : The Souls of San Luca. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , January 26, 2018.

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

[2] Jörg Bremer : The Madonna is also there for Mafiosi . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , August 19, 2011.

[3] Jörg Bremer : The Souls of San Luca. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , January 26, 2018.