Tarsia | |
Official Name: | Comune di Tarsia |
Coordinates: | 39.6167°N 32°W |
Province: | (CS) |
Mayor: | Roberto Ameruso |
Area Total Km2: | 48.28 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2272 |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Population Demonym: | Tarsiani or Tarsioti |
Elevation M: | 192 |
Saint: | St. Francis of Paola |
Day: | Last Sunday in May |
Postal Code: | 87040 |
Area Code: | 0981 |
Istat: | 078145 |
Tarsia is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The ancient town of Caprasia is thought to be the modern Tarsia.
The municipality borders with Bisignano, Corigliano Calabro, Roggiano Gravina, San Demetrio Corone, San Lorenzo del Vallo, San Marco Argentano, Santa Sofia d'Epiro, Spezzano Albanese and Terranova da Sibari.
During World War II, Benito Mussolini built Italy's largest fascist concentration camp there, the Ferramonti internment camp. Imprisoned there were mainly Jews and ethnic minorities considered as enemies by the fascist regime. The camp was liberated by the British on September 14, 1943.