Savelli (Calabria)

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Savelli
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Savelli (Italy)
Savelli
Country Italy
region Calabria
province Crotone  (KR)
Coordinates 39 ° 19 '  N , 16 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 39 ° 18 '43 "  N , 16 ° 46' 37"  E
height 1014  m slm
surface 48.5 km²
Residents 1,136 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 23 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 88825
prefix 0984
ISTAT number 101023
Popular name Savellesi
Patron saint Santi Petro and Paolo
Website Savelli

Savelli is a southern Italian municipality with 1136 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Crotone in Calabria .

Location and dates

The 48.5 km² village is located 58 km northwest of the provincial capital Crotone , on the edge of the La Sila Mountains . The population density of 31 people per square kilometer is very low for Italian, but also for European standards. (for comparison: Calabria: 133 inhabitants / km², Italy: 196 inhabitants / km², Europe: 65 inhabitants / km²)

Located high in the mountains ( 1000  m slm ), Savelli is surrounded by large coniferous forests and can only be reached via serpentines .

The nearest municipalities are Castelsilano (4.5 km as the crow flies), Verzino (7 km) and San Giovanni in Fiore (9 km).

history

Savelli's story begins in the 17th century. After a terrible earthquake in 1638, many families fled their destroyed villages and found refuge in the mountains, in the previously uninhabited area of ​​Scalzaporri in the Verzino region, which belonged to the fief of the Prince of Cariati . Out of gratitude, people named their new home after his wife, Carlotta Savelli .

In 1813 King Gioacchino finally appointed Murat Savelli to be an independent municipality belonging to the province of Cosenza . Three years later, on May 1, 1816, Ferdinand I decided to redistribute the provinces so that Savelli belonged to Catanzaro from then on . This assignment lasted for a long time until the new province of Crotone was founded on March 27, 1992 , to which Savelli still belongs to this day.

politics

The local elections on April 14, 2008 were won by the democratic PD with 75% of the vote, making Francesco Spina the current mayor of Savelli. He replaces Angela Caligiuri after twelve years in office.

Attractions

  • characteristic sources ("La fontana vecchia", "La fontana nuova", "La fonte Pitinella" and "La fonte Pedagese")
  • Churches: "La chiesa patronale dei SS. Pietro e Paolo" and "Santa Maria delle Grazie"

Individual evidence

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

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