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INFO: Altitude: 480 m a.s.l
mountainous * Population: ca. 3100 inhabitants
-- Zip/postal code: 83040 -- Phone Area Code: 0827
* How to reach it: Autostrada Salerno - Reggio Calabria, exit Contursi; proceed toward Fondo Valle Sele and exit at Calabritto * Patron Saint: S. Giuseppe and Madonna della Neve * Frazioni & Località:
QUAGLIETTA BRALIA SAN MAURO
HISTORY:
Until 1279 Calabritto belonged to Caposele. After the 1656 plague the population increased and new quarters were founded. Only in 1807 it was included in the province of Avellino. In 1928 the nearby town of Quaglietta was added to the municipality of Calabritto, becoming a "frazione". During WW2 the place suffered a terrible bombing by the Anglo-Americans, that caused many victims. The 1980 earthquake also damaged the town.
WHAT TO SEE
S. Maria of Costantinopoli, built by the Basilian monks who took refuge here to escape persecutions of the Byzanthine empero. The building was destroyed by the earthquake and rebuilt
Church of San Pietro: Restored after the earthquake of 1980, with an interesting altar and statues of San Donato and S. Francesco Saverio
Chapel of Carmine, belonging in the past to a 16th century Convent. Inside, on the main altar, the statue of Madonna del Carmine, in the Byzantine style
Not far from Calabritto, in the middle of the mountains there are three religious jewels in a landscape of great natural beauty:
The Sanctuary of Maria SS. Della Neve
The chapel of Grienzi
The Church of Madonna del Fiume
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