Cosoleto

Cosoleto, Calabria, Italy

Cosoleto consists of two separate settlements: Sitizano and Acquaro. From its position it dominates all the villages down in the plain from the Gulf of Gioia Tauro to Punta Vaticano. Its territory, rich of chestnut forests, is included in the National Park of Aspromonte.

The main economic activities are cattle breeding and the production of cereals, wine, chestnuts, potatoes and olive oil. Also the crafts of woodcarving and ironwrought have an ancient tradition.

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History

Called in antiquity "Cusuleto", it was a fiefdom of the Ruffo-Tranfo princes. There was an old castle and a Monastery but they were completely destroyed in the 1783 earthquake, after which the village was rebuilt on safer, rocky soil.

Info

Population: ca. 1,000 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 89050 -- Phone Area Code: 0966
Patron Saint: San Sebastiano celebrated on 20 January

Surnames

[ different surnames presently recorded in the phone directory - the number after each surname refers to the number of families - no number means one family]

Total different Surnames: 142
ABRAMO 3 * ALATI 5 * ALVARO 2 * ALVARO 5 * AMBESI 4 * ANELLO 2 * ANTONINI * ASCRIZZI 5 * ATTINA' * BABINO * BATTISTA 5 * BONFORTE 2 * BRUNIANI * BUDA * CAGLIOSTRO * CALVO 2 * CARBONE 6 * CARMELITANO 2 * CARROZZA LA ROSA * CARUSO 2 * CARZO 2 * CASELLA * CATALANO 8 * CICCONE 3 * COCCIOLO * COCOLO 2 * COLAO 2 * CONDINA 2 * CORSO * CUTURI * CUZZOLA * D'AQUI' * DE ANGELIS * DE CICCO * DE GILIO 2 * DE LEO 2 * DE MARTE * DI CREA * DOLDO * DURANTE 2 * FAZIO * FEDELE * FEDERICO * FOTI 2 * FRISINA 6 * FUCILE 2 * GAGLIANO' 2 * GANGEMI * GERMANO' * GIANNOTTA 2 * GIOFFRE' 7 * GRASSO * GULLACE * IANNOLO * IARIA 3 * IDONE * IOFFRIDA * ITALIANO 4 * KONCA * LA PLACA * LA ROSA * LANZO 2 * LEALE 2 * LEONE * LEONELLO 3 * LEUZZI 2 * LICASTRO 8 * LIGATO * LIROSI * LIVOTI * LUCI * LUPPINO 13 * MACRI' 2 * MAFRICI * MAGLIANO * MARAFIOTI * MARINO * MESSINA * MESSINEO 2 * MEZZATESTA 4 * MIANO 2 * MIGLIARDI * MINASI * MODAFFERI 3 * MURDICA 3 * MUSOLINO * NAPOLI * NICOLETTA * NOCIDA 3 * OCCHINO * PABLO * PALAMARA * PAPALIA 3 * PAPASERGIO 3 * PARISI * PINDILLI 3 * PIRRECA * POTITO * POTITO' * PRETEROTI * PUNTILLO ROSITANI * RECHICHI 4 * RESTUCCIA 6 * RESTUCCIO * RIGANO' 2 * ROBRANCA * ROMANO 5 * ROMEO 8 * ROSITANI 2 * ROSITANO 2 * ROY * RUFFO * RUSITANO 2 * RUSSO 6 * SCARCELLA 9 * SCHIAVA 4 * SCIDONE 2 * SCULLINO 2 * SCUTELLA' * SIDARI * SOFO * SPADARO 2 * STANCAMPIANO * STILLITANO FOTI * STRANO * SURACE 6 * TACCONE * TARSO * TIANI 4 * TOLETONE * TORNATOLA * TOSCANO 4 * TRIGLIA * TUCCIO * VADALA' * VENTURA * VERSACE 4 * VIOLI BARONE * VITALE * VIZZARI * ZAGARI * ZUCCO 3