Tropea
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| Comune di Tropea | |
|---|---|
| Region | Calabria |
| Province | Vibo Valentia (VV) |
| Altitude | 60 |
| Area cityproper | 3.2 |
| Population as of | december 31, 2004 |
| Population density | 6,922 |
| Population density metric | 2,281 |
| Timezone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Frazioni | Marina |
| Telephone | 0963 |
| Postalcode | 89861 |
| Gentilic | Tropeani (dialectal: Trupani) |
| Saint | St. Madonna of Romania |
| Day | March 27 |
| Mayor | Francesco Mario Sammarco (since April 4, 2005) |
| Website | www.comune.tropea.vv.it |
Tropea is a municipality located within the province of Vibo Valentia, in Calabria (southern Italy).
The town is a famous bathing place located situated on a reef, in the gulf of St. Euphemia connected with the mainland by a narrow strip in the Tyrrhenian Sea, toward the south with respect to Vibo Valentia and northward with respect to Ricadi and Capo Vaticano.
Ecclesiastical history
Nicotera and Tropea is a Roman Catholic suffragan diocese of the archbishopric of Reggio di Calabria.
Nicotera, the ancient Medama, is a city of the Province of Catanzaro, in Calabria, Italy; it was destroyed by the earthquake of 1783. Its first known bishop was Proculus, to whom, with others, a letter of pope St. Gregory the Great was written in 599. With the exception of Sergius (787), none of its bishops is known earlier than 1392. Under Bishop Charles Pinti, the city was pillaged by the Ottoman Turks.
In 1818, it was united on equal terms (aeque principaliter) with the Diocese of Tropea. It has a beautiful cathedral, restored after its destruction by the earthquake of 1783. Here the Greek Rite was formerly used. Only three bishops before the Norman conquest are known; the first, Joannes, is referred to the year 649; among its other prelates was Nicolò Acciapori (1410), an eminent statesman.
The diocese had in the early 20th century 72 parishes, with 78,000 inhabitants, a Franciscan house, and a house of the Sisters of Charity.
Notable people
It is the birthplace of :
- the painter Spanò
- the anatomists Pietro and Paolo Voiani
- the philosopher Pasquale Galluppi
- actor Raf Vallone (1916-2002) IMDb
- American mobster Albert Anastasia
Sources and external links
- Pro Loco Tropea - Turistic Association & IAT point (Touristic's Information & Assistance)
- Tropea .biz
- Official site
- Vacanze Tropea
- Museo Antichi Mestieri
- ItalianVisits.com
Umberto (Albert) Anastasio(a): great mobb boss of new York, born in Tropea.