Calabria

Kouros

[ July, 2015 ] This is the profile of Kouros in the museum in Reggio di Calabria, in Italy. According to the curator, this one is as valuable as the Bronzes of Riace, from Greece, in…

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Treasure of Calabria

[ July, 2015 ] If you ask someone from Calabria what you should see there, he or she would say “The Bronzes of Riace”. These are the statues found by a diver, who was diving…

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Cattolica

[ July, 2015 ] The highlight of Stilo, in Calabria in southern Italy, is Cattolica, a small chapel. The shape looked like one of those Orthodox churches we saw in Macedonia or somewhere. The curator…

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To Stilo by Taxi

[ July, 2015 ] One of the other places we wanted to go to in Calabria in southern Italy was a town called Stilo, which is on the slope of a mountain. We looked up…

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Various Items Made From Bergamot

[ July, 2015 ] Calabria, in Italy, is famous for producing bergamot orange. Bergamot is a kind of citrus fruit, but it cannot be eaten on its own and is used for perfumes and tea. There…

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Pretty Gerace

[ July, 2015 ] The book we bought in Locri, in southern Italy, talked about a small inland town called Gerace, which made me want to visit there. So we waited for the infrequent local bus. Apparently,…

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The Reason Why Locri is Known

The day we went to Locri, in southern Italy, was a hot day. I was thirsty so we went to a bar within the station and ordered Crodino (a non-alcoholic drink). The middle aged man…

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Lamenting Curator

[ July, 2015 ] We visited Locri, which is a bit south of Roccella Jonica, where we stayed in southern Italy. The reason we went there is that apparently this was an ancient Greek town…

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Beach in Scilla

[ July, 2015 ] After walking around the lovely town of Scilla in southern Italy, we went to the beach to have a rest. Here, the water was very clean and clear, and the water…