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Regions in Italy : Region Calabria : Province Reggio Calabria : Comune San Procopio

San Procopio (RC)

Region Calabria, Italy

Situated over a crest dividing two valleys 50 km from Reggio Calabria, along the southern Thyrrhenian coast, among green hills covered of century-old olive trees, a populous center in the early 1900's was greatly depopulated after a massive emigration to Australia and France following WW2.

INFO: Altitude: 357 m a.s.l
Population: ca. 600 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 89020 -- Phone Area Code: 0966

History

In the 15th century was a fiefdom of the Ruffo family, and at that time is dated the statue of the Virgin Mary (Madonna degli Afflitti), sculpted by Giovambattista Mazzolo, born in Carrara, who lived in Messina for a large part of his life.

What to see:

Church of the Afflitti, where the statue of the Madonna del Mazzolo is kept.

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)

84 Total different Surnames:
AGRESTA TALLARIDA * ALVARO 5 * AMODEO * ANILE 3 * ASCRIZZI * BARBARO * BARILA' * BARILLA * BELVEDERE 2 * BIAMONTE 3 * BORGIA * CARBONE 4 * CARUSO 3 * CARZO 3 * CASELLA * COLAPRISCO * COLOPRISCO 2 * CORSO 2 * CURRA * CUTRI' 5 * DANARO 2 * DE CREA * DE FRANCESCO * DE LEO 2 * DE LUCA 2 * DELEO * EVANGELISTA COLICCHIA 2 * FEDELE * FEDERICO 2 * FIMMANO' * FIORENTI * FLORIO * FORGIONE CATENA 6 * GALIMI 6 * GENTILE 4 * GIOFFRE' 3 * GRAMUGLIA * GUIDA * LAGANA' 4 * LEMMO * LEONELLO 4 * LICARI 2 * LIONELLO * LOSORDO 2 * LUPPINO 2 * MACRI' * MARAFIOTI 13 * MARAIOTI * MESSINA 4 * MINUTO * MONTEROSSO 2 * MORABITO * MORFEA 2 * OCCHIUTO 2 * ORTUSO 6 * PALERMO 2 * PANUCCIO 3 * PELLIZZERI * PENNA * PINDILLI 4 * PIZZINGA * POLITO * PORFIDA * POSTERINO 6 * RUFFO 2 * RUGARI * RUGNETTA 3 * RUGOLO * SCIARRONE 2 * SCUTELLA * SPANO' 2 * SURACE * TEDESCO 2 * TIGANI PROCOPIO 2 * TREFILETTI * TRIPODI 3 * VERSACE 8 * VINCI * VIOLANTE * VIOLI * ZAGARI 2 * ZIMBALARDI * ZOCCALI 4 * ZOCCOLI