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Information
about the region of
Calabria:
Eternal gratitude is due to the Riace Bronzes,
the two stupendous Greek statues dredged from the sea and
exhibited, from the early 1980s, in the Museo Nazionale della
Magna Grecia in Reggio Calabria. Thanks to the irresistible
attraction exercised by the two masterpieces (one of which
is attributed to Fidia, the master Greek sculptor of the fifth
century B. C.), hundreds of thousands of visitors arrived
in Calabria.
And
in this way many of them finally discovered, as a joyous and
marvellous surprise, a beautiful country, an unspoilt sea,
a lush and sometimes wild countryside, with numerous architectural
and artistic masterpieces of unexpected quality. Extraordinary,
fascinating Calabria, a land of a thousand surprises. Of exquisite
beauty, for example, is the Codex Purpureus, a rare sixth-century
Greek gospel conserved in the Museo Diocesano in Rossano,
with silver lettering and illustrated with splendid elegant
figures and religious scenes. A breathtaking surprise, for
those who see it for the first time, is the picturesque and
spectacular coast of Tropea, on the Tyrrhenian sea (Calabria
is also boarded by the Ionian). But it bears repeating that
in Calabria, the surprises never en. .
Calabria - some links to this region: http://www.regione.calabria.it
http://turismo.regione.calabria.it/turinet.htm
Travel and traffic routes, excursions:
http://www.ferroviedellacalabria.it/
http://www.iasautolinee.it/home.htm
http://www.saj.it/
http://www.foderaro.it
http://www.comerci.it/
Italy
| Calabria
| Reggio Calabria | Tropea
| Vibo Valentia | Cosenza
| Amantea
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