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Pazzano (RC)

Region Calabria, Italy

Situated in a beautiful environment between the sea and the forests of the Serre, in the valley of the Fiumara Stilaro, it was one of the main mining centers in southern Italy. The geological groups of the Stella and Consolino, rich in iron, are among the most ancient mountains in Calabria, dating back to the devonian ((395-345 million years ago) or Jurassic (190-136 millions).

INFO: Population: ca. 800 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 89040 -- Phone Area Code: 0964

History

Iron mining were already active at the time of the Greek occupation (500 BC) and continued in the centuries, as shown from a Norman document of 1094 AD. In the 18th and 19th century early iron industries were established in the area, a remarkable example of industrial development in Southern Italy, which however fell in decay after the unification of Italy (1860).

What to see:

Santuario di Monte Stella, a hermitage of Greek mongs since the 8th century AD, excavated in the rock of a natural grotto. In Norman times it became a monastery as shown in a document of 1096 where Ruggero gives to the bishop of Squillace, Giovanni Niceforo, also the "Abbatìa santi Johannis de Stjlo, Abbatìa santi Leonti, et ecclesia santi Nicolai cun Santa Maria quae prope est". In 1646 Santa Maria della Stella was a convent of the order of San Basilio.

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)

97 Total different Surnames:
AIELLO * ALBERTI * AMATO 2 * ANDREASSI * ARCADI * ARMOCIDA * BEMPORTATO 2 * BENFATTO 2 * BOMBARDIERA * BOMBARDIERE 3 * BOMBARDIERI 2 * BOMBARDIERO * BOVA 5 * BUONTEMPO 2 * CALABRESE * CAMPANELLA 3 * CAPPUCCIO 2 * CARACCIOLO * CARNUCCIO 5 * CARRINO * CARULLO * CAVALLARO * CHIODO 8 * COMITO * CONIGLIO 15 * CRINITI * CUTERI 4 * DE LUCA 2 * DE MASI * DE PACE * DRAGO 2 * FABBRI * FERLITO * FIORENZA BOMBARDIERI 11 * FRAIETTA * FURINA 6 * GALLO 5 * GERACE * GERACITANO 2 * GOZZI * GRAVANTE * GRAZIANI 6 * INTERDONATO 2 * INTORDONATO * LEGATO * LEOTTA 2 * LIZZI 2 * MAMMONE * MARAFIOTI * MARRAPODI * MARTELLI * MARZANO * MARZIANO * MELIA * MICELOTTA 7 * MONTAGNESE * NAPOLI * PAGLIOTTA * PANAIA 2 * PANETTA * PANUCCI 4 * PAPELLO 5 * PASSERO * PISCIONERI 2 * PREIATO 4 * PROCOPIO * PUPO * QUARANTA * RASPA * ROMANO * ROMEO 5 * RULLO * RUSSO 6 * SABATINO 3 * SAPERE 2 * SBARRA * SIMONETTA 7 * SIMONETTI * SORGIOVANNI * SPAGNOLO 9 * SQUILLACE * TASSONE 23 * TAVERNITI 32 * TERREMOTO * TERZA * TORELLO * TRECCOSTA 4 * TRECCOSTI 9 * TRECOSTI * USSIA * VALENTI 8 * VASILE 11 * VERDIGLIONE 3 * VILLONE * ZANNINO 12 * ZUMBO * ZURZOLO *