Squillace

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Squillace
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Squillace (Italy)
Squillace
Country Italy
region Calabria
province Catanzaro  (CZ)
Coordinates 38 ° 47 ′  N , 16 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 47 ′ 0 ″  N , 16 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  E
height 344  m slm
surface 33 km²
Residents 3,629 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 110 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 88069
prefix 0961
ISTAT number 079142
Patron saint Sant'Agazio Martire

Squillace is an Italian municipality with 3629 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Catanzaro in Calabria . In ancient times it was called Scylacium ( Greek  Σκυλάκιον ), also Scylaceum (Σκυλακεῖον) or Scylletium (Σκυλλήτιον).

geography

The Norman castle
Cathedral and sea view

The place is four kilometers as the crow flies from the Ionian coast and is divided into Squillace Superiore (on the hill) and Squillace Lido (directly on the coast).

Most of the tourists stay in Squillace Lido throughout the summer. Squillace is very popular with the northern Italians. You rarely see foreign tourists.

The nearest airport, Lamezia Terme Airport , is around 50 km away. In Squillace Lido the single-track railway line from Taranto to Reggio Calabria runs through, but does not stop. The station was closed in the 1990s. The next train station in the north is Catanzaro Lido and in the south Soverato.

The most attractive sights in Squillace are il Castello Normanno (the Norman castle), il Duomo (the cathedral) and il Ponte del Diavolo (the bridge of the devil).

Daughters and sons of the place

Web links

Commons : Squillace  - 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.