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Staiti (RC)

Region Calabria, Italy

Situated below monte Campolico, 12 km from the southern Ionian coast, the village is included in the Aspromonte national park. The typical houses are built on terraces rising along the mountain, for a better protection against pirates.

INFO: Altitude: 550 m a.s.l
Population: ca. 400 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 89030 -- Phone Area Code: 0964

History

Staiti rose in the 15th century first as a "casale" (group of farming houses of shepherds and peasants) then came under the lordship of Eleonora Staiti who named it and gave to the new "universitas" her coat of arms.

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)

91 Total different Surnames:
AIELLO * ALAGNA * ALBANESE * ALOGNA * ALTOMONTE 2 * AUTOLITANO 2 * BARRECA * BATTAGLIA * CALABRO' * CAMPANELLA * CARACCIOLO * CARISI * CARISI' * CARTERI * CONDARCURI * COSMANO * CRISTIANO 7 * CUZZOCREA 2 * DE CESARE * DE MARIA * DIENI * ESPOSITO 2 * FERRARO * FOSSO 4 * FOTI * GANDINI * GATTO * GERIA * GIANNOTTA 3 * GLIGORA 2 * GRECO * IELO 3 * IERIA 4 * IOFRIDA 3 * LATELLA 2 * LEGGIO 2 * LEMMA * LEUZZI 2 * LICO * LUCISANO * MACRI' 3 * MAFRICI 2 * MAISANO * MANGLAVITI * MARGARITI 4 * MARGARONE * MARINO 4 * MARTELLI * MAURO * MENDICO * MICHELETTI 2 * MISITANO 4 * MOIO LEMMA * MORABITO * MORELLO 2 * MUNI * MUSITANO * NEMO * PALAMARA 2 * PAPALIA 2 * PARASPORO * PARISI * PATTI 3 * PELLICANO' 5 * PEZZANO LEUZZI * PEZZIMENTI 3 * POTORTI' * PRINCIPATO 2 * QUINTIERI * RANDOLFI * RISORTO * SCARAMOZZINO * SCUNCIA * SERRAINO * SGRO' 2 * SIDARI 3 * STELITANO 4 * STELLITANO 5 * STRATI 2 * TOSCANO 7 * TUSCANOQUATTRONE * VADALA' 2 * VARACALLI * VARISI * VELONA' * VERNI * VERSACE * VIOLI 3 * VITALE 2 * VOTANO 2 * ZAPPIA 5 * ZITO * ZUMBO