Seminars

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Seminars
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Seminara (Italy)
Seminars
Country Italy
region Calabria
Metropolitan city Reggio Calabria  (RC)
Coordinates 38 ° 20 ′  N , 15 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  E
height 290  m slm
surface 33 km²
Residents 2,609 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 79 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 89028
prefix 0966
ISTAT number 080086
Patron saint San Mercurio di Cesarea
Website Seminars

Seminara is an Italian city in the metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria in Calabria with 2609 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Location and dates

Seminara is 48 km north of Reggio Calabria on the northern slope of Aspromonte . The neighboring communities are Bagnara Calabra , Gioia Tauro , Melicuccà , Oppido Mamertina , Palmi , Rizziconi , San Procopio . The place consists of the main town Seminara and the two districts S. Anna di Seminara and Barritteri. The inhabitants live mainly from agriculture and handicrafts.

During 1908 Messina earthquake , the city was destroyed and then rebuilt. This gives it a regular road network.

Attractions

In the village, the community palace is worth seeing. In the churches of S. Michele and S. Antonio there are statues from the 16th century.

Culture

Ceramics from Seminara

Seminara is known beyond the regional borders for the idiosyncratic ceramics , which are made exclusively by hand in a long, most likely Greek tradition. Most famous are the maschere , which are supposed to keep the malocchio , the evil eye, away .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Seminara  - collection of pictures, 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.