A Quick Tour Of Italy - Northern Calabria

<h1>A Quick Tour Of Italy - Northern Calabria</h1>Author: <a title="Levi Reiss" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/levi-reiss/8419.htm">Levi Reiss</a> If you are in the mood for a tour of Europe, why not consider the Calabria region of southern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ionian Sea? Calabria is the toe of the Italian boot. It has many excellent tourist attractions. While you won't have to fight crowds, you may have to fight hot, hot summers. This article examines northern Calabria. Be sure to read our companion article on southern Calabria.Diamante is a beautiful fishing village on a protective rock along the Mediterranean Sea. Its climate is sunny and yet mild. It's quite an artist colony, boasting plenty of narrow streets and alleys. In late summer red-hot chili peppers are hung on the clotheslines to dry. In early September the city holds popular Festival de Peperoncini with dancing in the street, men on stilts, traditional music, and plenty of peperoncini-flavored food.Cosenza was known as the Athens of Calabria. Its academy was founded almost five hundred years ago. This very picturesque city situated approximately seven hundred feet above sea level is home to numerous libraries, museums, and theatres. You'll love the castle and the old town. The Cathedral was probably built in the mid-Twelfth Century when Calabria was a feudal Norman dukedom and Cosenza was its capital. Destroyed by an earthquake in 1184, it was subsequently rebuilt in a multitude of styles. The old town contains several interesting churches. The new city is home to the open-air Museo all'aperto Bilotti with a Dali sculpture of Saint George and the Dragon.Would you believe that there's lots of good skiing in southern Italy? The Sila is a vast forested plateau in the Calabrian interior. It's the largest such formation in all Europe. Crotone was a major Greek city. The famous philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras founded a school here some twenty five hundred years ago. Make sure to visit the Ninth to Eleventh Century neo-classical Cathedral and its ancient icon of the Black Madonna. Then go on foot to the island and its Sixteenth Century Castle of Charles V, home to the archeological Town Museum. The small town of Cerchiara di Calabria is located on the eastern coast of the Ionian Sea. Its site has been populated since the days of the Ancient Greeks. The town is best known for the Tenth Century Sanctuary of S. Maria delle Armi, which includes a historic pilgrim hospice. The streets are cobblestone, the view is stupendous, and I'm told that the La Locanda di Alia restaurant is out of this world, if you watch the spices.The Sila mountain range that somewhat resembles the Swiss Alps is famous for its mushrooms, especially porcini and truffles, and Caciocavallo Silano cheese. As good as that sounds, I think I'd like the local wild boar even better. Given the region's high altitude, temperate climate, and poor-quality soil one can hope for excellent wines. About the Author:

Levi Reiss authored or co-authored ten computer and Internet books but he really prefers drinking fine wine with the right foods. He loves teaching computer classes at an Ontario French-language community college. Visit his Italian travel, wine, and food website <a href="http://www.travelitalytravel.com/"><a href="http://www.travelitalytravel.com" target="_blank">www.travelitalytravel.com</a></a> and his global wine website <a href="http://www.theworldwidewine.com/"><a href="http://www.theworldwidewine.com" target="_blank">www.theworldwidewine.com</a></a> featuring a weekly review of $10 wines and new sections writing about and tasting organic and kosher wines.Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/travel-articles/a-quick-tour-of-italy-northern-calabria-958710.html" title="A Quick Tour Of Italy - Northern Calabria">A Quick Tour Of Italy - Northern Calabria</a>

If you are in the mood for a tour of Europe, why not consider the Calabria region of southern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ionian Sea? Calabria is the toe of the Italian boot. It has many excellent tourist attractions. While you won't have to fight crowds, you may have to fight hot, hot summers. This article examines northern Calabria. Be sure to read our companion article on southern Calabria.

Diamante is a beautiful fishing village on a protective rock along the Mediterranean Sea. Its climate is sunny and yet mild. It's quite an artist colony, boasting plenty of narrow streets and alleys. In late summer red-hot chili peppers are hung on the clotheslines to dry. In early September the city holds popular Festival de Peperoncini with dancing in the street, men on stilts, traditional music, and plenty of peperoncini-flavored food.

Cosenza was known as the Athens of Calabria. Its academy was founded almost five hundred years ago. This very picturesque city situated approximately seven hundred feet above sea level is home to numerous libraries, museums, and theatres. You'll love the castle and the old town. The Cathedral was probably built in the mid-Twelfth Century when Calabria was a feudal Norman dukedom and Cosenza was its capital. Destroyed by an earthquake in 1184, it was subsequently rebuilt in a multitude of styles. The old town contains several interesting churches. The new city is home to the open-air Museo all'aperto Bilotti with a Dali sculpture of Saint George and the Dragon.

Would you believe that there's lots of good skiing in southern Italy? The Sila is a vast forested plateau in the Calabrian interior. It's the largest such formation in all Europe. Crotone was a major Greek city. The famous philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras founded a school here some twenty five hundred years ago. Make sure to visit the Ninth to Eleventh Century neo-classical Cathedral and its ancient icon of the Black Madonna. Then go on foot to the island and its Sixteenth Century Castle of Charles V, home to the archeological Town Museum. The small town of Cerchiara di Calabria is located on the eastern coast of the Ionian Sea. Its site has been populated since the days of the Ancient Greeks. The town is best known for the Tenth Century Sanctuary of S. Maria delle Armi, which includes a historic pilgrim hospice. The streets are cobblestone, the view is stupendous, and I'm told that the La Locanda di Alia restaurant is out of this world, if you watch the spices.

The Sila mountain range that somewhat resembles the Swiss Alps is famous for its mushrooms, especially porcini and truffles, and Caciocavallo Silano cheese. As good as that sounds, I think I'd like the local wild boar even better. Given the region's high altitude, temperate climate, and poor-quality soil one can hope for excellent wines.

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