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Welcome to your resource for news, information and events from Calabria, the REAL Italy. Our new website is under constant construction. We would appreciate your help by contributing any information that you have on Calabria and that you would like to see on this website: history, tidbits, famous Calabresi, genealogy, photos and personal stories. E-mail us here. You will be credited for the contribution and all letters are answered. We need your help to tell the world about Calabria, the Mediterranean Dream!
Famous
Calabrians
This is not surprising since most Italians in America, Australia, Canada and other parts of the world originate, not from Piedmont or Milan, but from Calabria, Sicily and Naples. Click here for many surprises! The Famous Bronze Statues of Riace have been Cloned to Travel the World Coming Soon! Queen Paola of Belgium arrives in Calabria for her Annual "Sosta" ALTOMONTE, ITALY - August 19, 2003 - This week, Queen Paola of Belgium began her annual vacation in "her" Calabria, as she describes it. The queen, whose real name is Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria, was born in Altomonte, in the Sila Mountains. Accompanied by the ambassador of Belgium, baron Patrick Nothombe, the queen will be escorted throughout Calabria by Calabrian President Chiaravalloti his assistant Guglielmo Grillo and a delegation of Italian dignitaries. She will visit several of Calabria's historic cities and museums during her two week "sosta" or vacation. On her official itinerary are visits to the National museum in Reggio Calabria, Bergamotto, Serra San Bruno, Locri, Stilo, Gerace and more. Unofficial festivities include a gathering of Calabrian royalty including several barons from Soverato and Torre di Ruggiero and where the queen is rumored to visit during her free time. Queen's
Paola's royal line began in 1433 in Calabria.
Filippo Voltaggio, Italian Entertainer and Singer Extraordinaire, Hosts Miss USA Italia Pageant in Chicago
Italians
take all their art and artists very seriously --from DaVinci and Michealangelo
to Virgin Olive Oils and Tomato Sauces, from singers and operas to cappuccino
and fine wines, from designer fashions and leather goods, to jewelry
and computers, from cutting edge electronics and fast sports cars to
actors and soccer players, Italians' passion and pride in beautiful,
talented, and elegant Italian woman is unabated, as is easily noted
by such exports as Gina Lolobrigida, Sophia Loren, Claudia Cardinale,
and Anna Magniani to name a few. CONTINUED
European Birding Hot Spot: The Straits of Messina Southern Italy Raptors and Broad-winged Birds in Calabria TORRE DI RUGGIERO, ITALY- July 5, 2003 - The Mediterranean Sea is a formidable barrier for broad-winged birds, which depend on thermals and updrafts for soaring. Consequently, most of raptors and storks are obliged to make use of land bridges, such as the main "bottleneck areas" of Gibraltar and Bosphorus. In spring a relatively strong migration of raptors is also noticed in the central Mediterranean, when fairly substantial numbers leave the African continent in the vicinity of Cap Bon in Tunisia and enter Europe via the Aeolian Islands and the Straits of Messina to Calabria, Italy. CONTINUED |
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SOVERATO,
ITALY - January 19, 2004 - Calabria
is a new Italian destination for many people and in the "travel
business" it is not a common destination as is Tuscany or the Amalfi
Coast. Yet, more famous Italians in the world come from Calabria than
anywhere else in Italy! 
