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Umbriatico

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Country
  
Italy

Frazioni
  
Perticaro

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
72 km²

Province
  
Province of Crotone

Region
  
Calabria

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Crotone (KR)

Elevation
  
422 m (1,385 ft)

Dialing code
  
0962

Local time
  
Friday 5:57 AM

Postal code
  
88823

Dialling code
  
0962

Umbriatico

Weather
  
12°C, Wind NW at 23 km/h, 52% Humidity

Umbriatico is a comune and town in the province of Crotone, in Calabria, southern Italy. As of 2007 Umbriatico had an estimated population of 930.

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Map of 88823 Umbriatico Province of Crotone, Italy

History

Umbriatico was founded by the Oenotrians before the arrival of the Greek colonists who founded nearby Kroton. During the Second Punic War it had a defensive wall, but this did not prevent the Romans from storming it and massacring the population.

During the Middle Ages Umbriatico was the seat of a bishopric, which was abolished as a residential see in 1818 and brought into use as a titular diocese of the Catholic Church in 1969.

The town is now a small agricultural and livestock-breeding centre.

References

Umbriatico Wikipedia