Reggio di Calabria

Reggio di Calabria, usually referred to as Reggio Calabria or clearly Reggio in Southern Italy, is the most important city and the maximum populated comune of Calabria, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria and the seat of the Regional Council of Calabria. Reggio is located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula and is separated from the island of Sicily by way of the Strait of Messina. It is situated on the slopes of the Aspromonte, a long, craggy mountain range that runs up via the centre of the vicinity.

The third monetary centre of mainland Southern Italy, the town right has a population of greater than 200,000 population unfold over 236 rectangular kilometres, while the quick-developing city vicinity numbers 260,000 population. About 560,000 human beings live inside the metropolitan location, regarded in 2015 through Italian Republic as a metropolitan town. As a main useful pole in the area, it has strong historical, cultural and financial ties with the metropolis of Messina, which lies throughout the strait in Sicily, forming a metro metropolis of less than 1 million human beings.