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]
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.