Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio
| Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio | |
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| Comune | |
| Comune di Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio | |
 Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio
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| Coordinates: 38°37′N 16°32′E / 38.617°N 16.533°ECoordinates: 38°37′N 16°32′E / 38.617°N 16.533°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Calabria |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Catanzaro (CZ) |
| Frazioni | Marina, fego |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20 km2 (8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 312 m (1,024 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2013) | |
| • Total | 2,020 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Andreolesi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 88066 |
| Dialing code | 0967 |
| Patron saint | Saint Andrew the apostle |
| Saint day | 30 November |
| Website | Official website |
Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello lonio is a comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy.
The position: The boundaries of the town of Sant'Andrea on the north by the river Alaca. on the east by the Ionian Sea, on the south by the river Salùbro and west by the foothills of the Apennines Calabro with mountains Lancina, Mancipa, Pecoraro. The village lies in the hills of La Maddalena, and Lipantana Cerasia.
The altitude:The territory of the country, currently, the level of the sea with Andrew Marina and reaches an altitude of 1,100 m above sea level Sant'Andrea higher, at the Municipal House, which is located 330 m above sea level
Administration: MAYOR: Nicola Ramogida
During the period of Ancient Greece the region was rich and prosperous. The Romans defeated Pirro (275 BC), the occupied territories and ionic this occupation marked the economic decline of the same territories. The Ionian populations, when Hannibal entered Italy (218 BC), sided with the Carthaginians. The Romans defeated the Carthaginians, raged against the people who had helped Hannibal. The lands, to the dispersion of the population and the poor economic conditions of the same population, became estates in the hands of the great Roman families.
During the low Empire they were built a castle, the Cocinto, in defense of the barbarian invasions. No one knows for certain where the castle arise. Some localized ancient Cecina, today Satriano, others on the tip of stylus, for others, finally, in today's St. Andrew and the remains of the Roman fort would be built the castle of the sixteenth century.
The large estates, meanwhile, with its economy based on the exploitation of the territory, led, in time, the abandonment of many villages by the local population and consequently the land came to be progressively covered with natural vegetation. The area between the rivers and Alaca Salubro until the ninth century was, therefore, unkempt and wild. The mountains were covered with rich forests of oak, beech and other wild plants; hilly areas towards the marina, however, were for green shrubs like blueberries, strawberry.
It is said that the first nucleus of the village dates back around the year one thousand and would have been born around the modest home of a herdsman, a native of Badolato, named Adriano. News partly historical and partly altered combined with fantastic inventions popular report that the herdsman Adriano bring his flock to pasture towards the area of the country. When winter was unable to return to Badolato for river floods Salubro stopped at a hut he had built. The hut was to become, later, a modest home and around this house would arise other houses to form a small house, the nucleus of today's St. Andrew.
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