Rocca Imperiale | |
Official Name: | Comune di Rocca Imperiale |
Coordinates: | 40.1167°N 51°W |
Province: | (CS) |
Frazioni: | Marina di Rocca Imperiale |
Mayor: | Giuseppe Ranù |
Area Total Km2: | 55.03 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3306 |
Population As Of: | 30 September 2012 |
Population Demonym: | Rocchesi |
Elevation M: | 199 |
Saint: | Madonna della Nova |
Day: | 2 July |
Postal Code: | 87074 |
Area Code: | 0981 |
Rocca Imperiale is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Rocca Imperiale is located in the middle of the arc that surrounds the Gulf of Taranto and sits 4 km away from the sea on a hill at the foothills of the Apennine Mountains, which stretches out to the shore that was once the ancient Siritide plain. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[2]
Main sights include the Castle of Frederick II of Hohenstaufen (Italian: Castello Svevo), Rocca Imperiale is the name of the town (meaning "imperial rock") the Chiesa Madre, the Monastery, and the wax museum.
Rocca Imperiale is twinned with: