Paola, Calabria
Paola | |
|---|---|
| Città di Paola | |
2.JPG) Panoramic view | |
Location of Paola  | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Calabria |
| Province | Cosenza (CS) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Roberto Perrotta |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42 km2 (16 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 94 m (308 ft) |
| Population (December 31, 2004) 8,288 men and 8,907 women | |
| • Total | 17,195 |
| • Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Paolani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 87027 |
| Dialing code | 0982 |
| Patron saint | St. Francis of Paola |
| Saint day | April 2 and May 4 |
| Website | Official website |
Paola is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.
Geography
The city borders with Montalto Uffugo and San Benedetto Ullano by the west, Fuscaldo by the north and San Lucido by the south.
History
In July 1555, the Beylerbey of the Mediterranean, Turgut Reis, captured the city.
In the final days of World War II, while almost all the citizens of the city were hiding from the air raids by Allied bomber aeroplanes inside the Monastery of St. Francis of Paola, an 80 kg iron-core bomb fell right in the middle of the agglomeration, but didn't detonate, a fact widely reported as a miracle[2]
Main sights
Saint Francis Sanctuary, Del'Annunziata church dome, S. S. Rosario church, Ipogeo di Sotterra church. Saint Francis day party (May 1–4)[3]
Personalities
Paola is the home of St. Francis of Paola and houses a world famous Catholic sanctuary dedicated to the saint.
Transport
Paola railway station, opened in 1895, forms part of the Southern Tyrrhenian railway (Salerno–Reggio Calabria), and is also a terminus of a secondary line, the Paola–Cosenza railway.
Twin towns
See also
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "The Italian Voice" (PDF). December 1, 2007. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
- ^ "Comuni Italiani". Retrieved April 23, 2010.
External links
Media related to Paola at Wikimedia Commons
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