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Regions in Italy : Region Calabria : Province Reggio Calabria : Comune Laganadi

Laganadi (RC)

Region Calabria, Italy

Situated in a protected position among hills, not far from the Messina Strait, Laganadi is a small center actually consisting of three different settlements: the historical center of Laganadi, the frazione of Lucia, where half the population is concentrated; the small borough of Petile, below the mountains.

History

The name of the place may be derived from the family name Laganà or from the greek Lachanàs meaning "seller of vegetables".
The settlement may have started in the 5th century BC with a group of people coming from Focea, the Greek colony in Asia Minor; more settlements possibly took place in the 10th century AD with refugees escaping from the Saracen invasions in the Gallico and Catona areas and in the 14th century with the citizens of Calanna after the Aragonese destroyed their castle.
The village was a fiefdom of the Calanna family until 1806 when the feudal system was abolished in Italy. In 1783 and 1908 earthquakes seriously damaged the village.

[ information derived from Antonino Vitetta's pages ]

INFO:
Population: ca. 500 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 89050 -- Phone Area Code: 0965
Frazioni & Località: Lucia, Petile

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: 63
BAGNATO 2 * BARRECA * BATTAGLIA 7 * BELFIORE * BOVA * BRADASCIO 2 * CALABRESE * CALABRESI * CALABRO' 4 * CALARCO 11 * CAMAGNA * CAMBARERI * CANNIZARO * CARACCIOLO 2 * CARIDI * CARNEVALE * CARTELL' * CARTELLA' 8 * CARTISANO 2 * CATALANO 4 * CHIRICO 3 * COTRONEO 2 * D'AGOSTINO 12 * D'ANGELO 2 * DAGOSTINO * DE LUCA 3 * DE MAIO * DE MARCO 9 * FOTIA * FURFARI 5 * GIUNTA * IATI' 4 * LABOCCETTA * LAFACE PALMENTA * LAGANA' CALARCO 2 * LUPO * MARRA * MISIANO * MORENA * MOSCATO * MUNDO * NOVELLA * NUNNARI 8 * PARPIGLIA * POLIMENI BATTAGLIA 3 * PORPIGLIA * PRINCI 6 * RAFFA * REA * RIPEPI * ROMEO 5 * SACCA' 6 * SCIARRONE 2 * SERRA * SINICROPI * SPADARO 3 * SUPINO * SURACE 2 * SURACI 2 * TRAPANI * TRIPEPI 2 * VERSACI 2 * VITETTA 3