Montauro

Montauro (Calabrian: Mentràvu) is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy. The municipalities of Gasperina, Montepaone, Palermiti, Squillace, Stalettì are nearby. Agricultural center of the Ionian coast of the greenhouses, in foothills sloping towards the Gulf of Squillace, North of the mouth of the river Soverato. Built before the year 1000, the village had name from the mountain on which it stands, felt with gold. In 1101 by Count Roger was given in fief to the carthusians of Serra San Bruno. Severely damaged by the earthquake of 1783, in 1846 he suffered other damage due to an exceptional flood. The parish church incorporates remains of medieval fortifications with its external structures; in the Interior, which currently occurs in the appearance given to him in the 17th century, wooden ceiling and choir ' 600, sumptuous altar in polychrome marble and bronze sculptures (of the Redeemer and the Apostles) and marble (Saints Peter and Paul) of 600-700 's. Near the village there are the ruins of the monastery of San Domenico now call "La Grangia di Sant' Anna", of Norman Foundation and destroyed by an earthquake in 1783. Montauro has amazing Portals from many years of age. A Medieval town that looks over the Ionian Sea. In Montauro there are many different association registered like: Proloco di Montauro, Fiaccola di Sant Pantaleone, Radice Sociale, Associazione Femminile, Associazione Pisani, MYMontauro Group, Polisportiva Montauro In the past 3 years since 2018 Montauro has been in a development plan where the citizens are in a full commitment to revive the town with traditions, culture, music and much more. Montauro in the medieval times The origins of the Montauro farmhouse, according to some historians, date back to the eighth century. The first group of houses was built in...