Places

Palazzo Gagliardi

In the late eighteenth century, the area previously occupied by the Church of SS. Mark and Luke, stood the first building Gagliardi, a small residence which contained valuable paintings of Paparo and Pagano. In 1860, Giuseppe Garibaldi stayed there, as remembered by a plaque on the current facade. The building was demolished in the nineteenth century to make way for a larger one.

Palazzo di Francia

The mansion is located on the highest part of Via Gioacchino Murat, the street took this name for the presence of Gioachino Murat in the home of the Marquis during his short reign.

Palazzo Capialbi

In via Roger the Norman, at the foot of the Castle, the palace of 1500 m², was built in the late seventeenth - early eighteenth century on pre-existing buildings of 400 and 500 possibly belonging to the government of Monteleone.

Palazzo Cordopatri

The palace was built by Antonino Cordopatri in 1784, on some ruins of an ancient building of the 600 destroyed during the 1783 earthquake

Pizzo Calabro

Going down the coast, one reaches Pizzo, a small picturesque medieval city that historically dates back precisely at the end of the 1300, situated right on the sea. Its historical center is a maze of alleyways running into its main piazza “Piazza Della Repubblica”, a meeting place during the summer nights.

Apart from its long sandy beaches with rocky bays there are several artistic attractions as:

Castello Murat, the historical Arogonese castle of Pizzo which was built in the 15^th century. The castle is mostly known as the place where Joachim Murat, Napoleon's brother in law was executed. The castle is open to visitors that can see the reconstruction of the last days of Joachin in 1815, an incredible slice of history.

The little Church of Piedigrotta, dug into the tuff, is also a local attraction. A church that is dedicated to a real story and represents a miracle for a group of sailors. The statues and sculptures are made of tuff and they continuously present a changing and soft brightness. The sculptors (Angelo, Alfonso and Giorgio Barone)

The church of Saint George, a baroque church that preserves some valuable sculptural works inside, built in the second half of the 1500’s on the ruins of an existing church.

Tropea

Tropea is one of the most beautiful towns on the area. As myth recounts, it was settled by Hercules, who reached these shores from Spain. Other sources say it was settled by Scipio Africanus on his way back to Rome after having defeated Carthage. In reality, the city bears Roman, Byzantine, Norman, Suevian, Angevin and Aragonese traces.

The historic center of Tropea is one of the most interesting places to visit in the town in addition to its lympid unpolluted Sea. Tropea may be a simple small town dominated by tourism nowadays, but it has enjoyed significant prosperity throughout the centuries, evidenced by the many churches, grand palaces and majestic portals throughout the town centre.