Tropea
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| Comune di Tropea | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country | Italy |
| Region | Calabria |
| Province | Vibo Valentia (VV) |
| Mayor | Francesco Mario Sammarco (since April 4, 2005) |
| Elevation | 60 m (197 ft) |
| Area | 3.2 km² (1.2 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 31, 2004) | |
| - Total | 6,922 |
| - Density | 2,163/km² (5,602/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | 38°40′45″N 15°53′55″E / 38.67917°N 15.89861°E |
| Gentilic | Tropeani (dialectal: Trupiani) |
| Dialing code | 0963 |
| Postal code | 89861 |
| Frazioni | Marina |
| Patron | St. Madonna of Romania |
| - Day | March 27 |
| Website: www.comune.tropea.vv.it | |
- Tropea is also a village in the prefecture of Arcadia in Greece, see by the alternative name of Tropaia
Tropea (Greek: Tropaea, Trophea) is a municipality located within the province of Vibo Valentia, in Calabria (southern Italy).
The town is a famous bathing place, 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.
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[edit] Ecclesiastical history
[edit] Notable people
It is the birthplace of :
- the painter Spanò
- the anatomists Pietro and Paolo Vianeo
- the philosopher Pasquale Galluppi
- actor Raf Vallone (1916-2002) IMDb
- American mobster Albert Anastasia
[edit] Tropea onions
Many villages around Tropea produce a particular quality of red onion. In Italy these onions are so famous that cipolla di Tropea ("Tropea onion" or "Tropea's onion") has become an Italian synonym for all red onions.
One of the gelaterias in town, Tonino in the Corso, even makes a red onion ice cream (as well as others based on squid ink and nduja, the local spicy salami).
[edit] Sources and external links
- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
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