Umbriatico Explained

Umbriatico
Official Name:Comune di Umbriatico
Coordinates:39.35°N 70°W
Region:Calabria
Province:Crotone (KR)
Frazioni:Perticaro
Mayor:Pietro Grillo
Area Total Km2:72
Population Total:930
Population As Of:2007
Elevation M:422
Postal Code:88823
Area Code:0962

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.[1]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "The World Gazetteer" . 2007-02-25 . https://archive.today/20130209113946/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?men=gpro&des=gamelan&geo=465679692 . 2013-02-09 . dead .