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NORMAN-SWABIAN CASTLE OF SVEVO VIBO VALENTIA
The Norman-Swabian Castle at Vibo Valentia was erected on what was once the acropolis of Hipponion. It stands on a splendid panoramic position in the heart of the fascinating medieval quarter, dominating the town and the valley of the River Mesima. T...
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS OF HIPPONION IN VIBO VALENTIA
Not far from the coast, on a hill at about 500 m asl are the remains of ancient Veipo, the native centre where later the Locri colony of Hipponion stood. Already at the beginning of the twentieth century, the excavations undertaken by Paolo Orsi reve...
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STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM "VITO CAPIALBI" OF VIBO VALENTIA
The State Archaeological Museum "Vito Capialbi", set up in 1969, contains all the material once housed in the civic museum in Palazzo Gagliardi, that is the Capialbi and Alabanese collections, and the coming from excavations carried out in the area o...
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VALENTIANUM IN VIBO VALENTIA
Annexed to the imposing cathedral in Vibo Valentia is an elegant Renaissance building, called the Valentianum, with a charming cloister. In the fifteenth century it was a Dominican monastery, halfway through the sixteenth century it was rebuilt on t...
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CATHEDRAL OF VIBO VALENTIA
The Cathedral in Vibo Valentia, consecrated to St. Maria Maggiore and to St. Leoluca, patron saint of the city, was built on the spot where a Byzantine basilica stood in the ninth century, and subsequently in the thirteenth century, an oratory. The c...
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CHURCH OF ST.MICHAEL IN VIBO VALENTIA
The church consecrated to St. Michael in Vibo Valentia is an elegant and harmonious sixteenth-century building, flanked by an imposing three-storey square bell-tower built in 1671. The holy building, that has a lovely dome with an octagonal tambour, ...
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CHURCH OF THE ROSARY IN VIBO VALENTIA
The Church of the Rosary in Vibo Valentia was built in 1280. In 1337 it passed to the order of the Minor Friars and underwent serious damage in the 1638 earthquake and was then rebuilt in the course of the eighteenth century. Of the original construc...
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CHURCH OF ST. MARY OF THE ANGELS IN VIBO VALENTIA
The Church of St. Mary of the Angels in Vibo Valentia was built in 1621. Restored in 1854, it contains fine stucco decoration, dating to the nineteenth century, a wooden sculpture representing Virgin and Child, sculpted in full-relief at the end of t...
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CHURCH OF ST. MARY THE STAR IN VIBO VALENTIA
The Vibo Valentia church dedicated to St. Mary the Star (Santa Maria la Nova) was built in the course of the seventeenth-century. In the Napoleonic period it became an army headquarters and was converted into a theatre by the Bourbons, then restored...
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CAPUCHIN MONKS CHURCH OF VIBO VALENTIA
The Vibo Valentia church dedicated to the Capuchin Monks was built in 1583. Rebuilt at the beginning of the eighteenth century, it has a fine wooden main altar, with a finely carved pediment, dating back to the seventeenth century. There is also a no...
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TEMPLE TO ST. RUBA IN VIBO VALENTIA
Near Vibo Valentia, just outside the town, stands the small temple to St. Ruba. The building, erected by the Basilian monks in the tenth century AD, it was restructured at the beginning of the seventeenth century. The small church, externally decorat...
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GASTRONOMIA DI VIBO VALENTIA
Vibo Valentia and its surrounding area is notable for the excellent quality of some of its local food products and for the wholesome typical recipes, characterised strong, spicy flavours. Above all, the grapes, wine and olive oil are excellent and th...
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VIBO MARINA
Vibo Marina, a large seaside ward of Vibo Valentia, has developed along the Tyrrhenian coast, in the bay of Santa Venere. A renowned tourist resort, with its modern port, provided with large and efficient service areas, it is the best-equipped approa...
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Vibo Valentia
Situata nella parte sud-occidentale della Calabria, Vibo Valentia (ca 36000 ab., 476 m.) è diventata capoluogo di provincia nel 1992. La città si trova su un altopiano fertile all’estremità settentrionale del promontorio di Tropea, a soli 6 km. dal Mar Tirreno, sul quale si affaccia il borgo di Vibo Valentia Marina; il nucleo urbano antico occupa la parte alta della città, ai piedi del castello, mentre nella parte bassa si estendono i quartieri più moderni. L’economia si basa sulle attività commerciali esercitate dal porto, ma anche sulle produzioni agricole - olio, agrumi, uva - e industriali.
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Villaggio Club Le Muse
Zambrone. Curato nei minimi particolari, si estende su un’area di 50.000 mq, in un tratto di costa lambito da un mare cristallino, a 6 km dalla rinomata tr...
from EUR 18.00
Villaggio Club Cora
Parghelia. Posizione: si estende su una superficie di circa 41.000 metri quadrati, immerso in una varietà di colori tipici della vegetazione mediterranea, t...
from EUR 19.40
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