Reggio Calabria is a city rich in history. Its foundation dates back to 734 BC by the Greek Chalcidian. Since then, the city has always been resurrected on the same site, even after the disastrous earthquake of 1908 that utterly destroyed it. However, it was following this event that the vestiges of classical Reggio and of its rich history emerged. From there, the foundation of the Magna Grecia Museum soon after contributed to the culture and beauty of the Reggio area. Today, Reggio is a cultural city and not only thanks to its museum, but also the Pinacoteca Civica ("Civic Art Gallery"), the Castello Argonese (“Argonese Castle”), the Teatro Comunale (“Community Theatre”) and the Museo del Bergamotto (“Bergamot Museum”).
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Placanica, the marvellous colours of clay
Set in an extraordinary landscape that welcomes the green of the mountains between the blue of the sea and the sky, Placanica is one of the Calabrian villages most loved by photojournalists precisely because of the extraordinary beauty of the surrounding landscape, where the views of the country are [...]
Siderno: not only the sea
In the heart of Locride, between Roccella and Locri, Siderno is one of the most popular seaside resorts in the Metropolitan Area of Reggio Calabria. However, it is not only a seaside destination; it is also a fascinating medieval village overlooking the sea at 192 metres high. Its centre is characte [...]
The rock of Jazz
Overlooking a gentle curve on the Costa dei Gelsomini, Roccella Ionica is mirrored on a band of the Ionian so clean and crystalline clear that it has won several blue flags and other important environmental awards.
Surrounded by a beach of fine white sand and rolling green hills, the town has anc [...]
Anassila, the Tyrant who unified the two sides of the Strait
Sources call him Anaxilaos or Anaxilas. The latter version would seem to be a more suitable name for a character who came from Messenia, the Peloponneso region. However, the oldest source that mentions his name, Herodotus, names him as Anaxileos.
He was a character of the highest level, a descend [...]
Ibico reggino: poet of ancient Rhegion
“…but to me Eros
does not rest in any season…”
(Ibico Reggino Davies fr.286)
Ibico, son of the historian Fitio, a noble family from Mexico who arrived in ancient Rhegion, is one of the most important lyric poets in the history of Greek literature.
Inserted by the Great Alexandrian schola [...]
Scylla and Charybdis, the myth between the two shores
It is a story full of passion, unrequited loves, fierce revenge, and a dramatic epilogue, one that tells of the mythological feats of gods and mortals in the body of water that separates Reggio from Messina. It is the story of Scylla, a nymph with an astonishing beauty, transformed by the sorceress [...]