Reggio Calabria

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Reggio Calabria is a historic coastal city in the Calabria region, known as the largest urban center at the tip of Italy’s “boot” facing Sicily across the Strait of Messina.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
municipality
airportAlternateName Aeroporto dello Stretto
Tito Minniti Airport
areaCode +39 0965
climate Mediterranean climate
country Italy
demonym Reggini
distanceAcrossStraitToMessina about 3 kilometers at narrowest point
faces Messina
Sicily
formerProvince Province of Reggio Calabria
foundedBy Greek colonists from Chalcis
foundingPeriod 8th century BC
governingBody Comune di Reggio Calabria
hasAirport Reggio Calabria Airport
hasCoastlineOn Strait of Messina
hasLandmark Aragonese Castle
Bronzes of Riace
Cathedral of Reggio Calabria
Lungomare Falcomatà
National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria
Villa Genoese Zerbi
hasPort Port of Reggio Calabria
hasUniversity Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria
historicalName Regium Julium
Rhegion
isCoastalCity true
isLargestCityIn Calabria (by population)
isLargestUrbanCenterAtTipOfItalianPeninsula true
isProvincialCapitalOf Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria
knownFor Bronzes of Riace
earthquake history
seafront promenade
view of Mount Etna
locatedIn Calabria
Southern Italy
locatedOn Ionian Sea
Strait of Messina
Tyrrhenian Sea
majorEarthquake 1783 Calabrian earthquakes
1908 Messina earthquake
officialLanguage Italian
partOf Magna Graecia
postalCodeRange 89100
reconstructedAfter 1908 Messina earthquake
region Calabria
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
wasImportantIn Magna Graecia
surface form: Magna Graecia period

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Southern Italy majorCity Reggio Calabria
Kingdom of Naples majorCity Reggio Calabria
Operation Baytown landingArea Reggio Calabria
this entity surface form: Reggio di Calabria
Rhegion modernLocation Reggio Calabria
Rhegium modernLocation Reggio Calabria
Strait of Messina nearCity Reggio Calabria
Strait of Messina administrativeRegion Reggio Calabria
this entity surface form: Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria
Calabria largestCity Reggio Calabria
Calabria containsCity Reggio Calabria
Calabria hasProvince Reggio Calabria
European route E25 passesThroughCity Reggio Calabria
Messina locatedSouthOf Reggio Calabria
Messina hasFerryConnectionsTo Reggio Calabria
Count of Calabria hasCapital Reggio Calabria
Umberto Boccioni birthPlace Reggio Calabria
courts of appeal of Italy hasSeatIn Reggio Calabria
Gianni Versace placeOfBirth Reggio Calabria
Reggina homeCity Reggio Calabria
subject surface form: Reggina 1914
Reggina locatedIn Reggio Calabria
subject surface form: Stadio Oreste Granillo
modern Calabria largestCity Reggio Calabria
subject surface form: Calabria
modern Calabria hasCity Reggio Calabria
subject surface form: Calabria
Strait of Messina Bridge locatedNearCity Reggio Calabria
Sicily–Italian Peninsula hasMajorCity Reggio Calabria
1908 Messina earthquake location Reggio Calabria
1908 Messina earthquake affectedCity Reggio Calabria