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Tiriolo

Tiriolo
Comune
Comune di Tiriolo
Tiriolo panorama
Tiriolo panorama
Tiriolo is located in Italy
Tiriolo
Tiriolo
Location of Tiriolo in Italy
Coordinates: 38°56′45″N 16°30′30″E / 38.94583°N 16.50833°E / 38.94583; 16.50833Coordinates: 38°56′45″N 16°30′30″E / 38.94583°N 16.50833°E / 38.94583; 16.50833
Country Italy
Region Calabria
Province / Metropolitan city Catanzaro (CZ)
Frazioni Sarrottino,Pratora,Soluri
Area
 • Total 28.98 km2 (11.19 sq mi)
Elevation 690 m (2,260 ft)
Population (31 December 2013)
 • Total 3,905
 • Density 130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Tiriolesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 88056
Dialing code 0961
Website Official website

Tiriolo is a town and comune in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It was the birthplace of Renaissance painter Marco Cardisco.

The town is bordered by Catanzaro, Gimigliano, Marcellinara, Miglierina, San Pietro Apostolo and Settingiano.

Bronze tablet found 1640 in Tiriolo, now at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Text shows the Senatus consultum de bacchanalibus, ca. 186 BC



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