Castroregio, Province of Cosenza, Calabria
The small center, that can be reached through a panoramic mountain road from the coast, is among the Calabrian settlements of the arbëreshë, an Albanian ethno-linguistic minority that settled in southern Italy between the 14th and 17th centuries escaping from the Muslim domination.
Info
- Altitude: 819 m a.s.l
- Population: about 270 inhabitants in 2018
- Zip/postal code: 87070
- Dialing Area Code: +39 0981
- Demonym: castroregesi
- Patron Saint: Santa Maria ad Nives, celebrated on 18 August
- Frazioni & Località: Farneta.
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