Reggio Calabria
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Template:Infobox CityIT Image:It-map.png Reggio Calabria, located on the toe of the Italian boot, is the capital of the province of Reggio Calabria. It has about 200,000 inhabitants, and is also known as Reggio di Calabria.
History
Founded as Rhegion by Greek settlers in the 8th century BC, the city was devastated by several major earthquakes and associated tsunami. During the Roman Empire it was called Rhegium Julii as noble roman city, later it became Byzantine city, and in th 12th century it became part of the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples (13th century).
Reggio Calabria is known as the location of the first dated Hebrew book, a Rashi commentary on the Pentateuch printed in 1475.
Modern City
Reggio Calabria is located on the Strait of Messina on the other side of which lies the Sicilian city of Messina. The two cities are closely connected, being 20 minutes apart by ferry.
Reggio is the exact center of the Mediterranean Sea.
Reggio Calabria was the hometown of Gianni Versace, where his family were tailors.
The worst earthquakes came in 1783 and on December 28, 1908.da:Reggio di Calabria de:Reggio di Calabria it:Reggio di Calabria ja:レッジョ・ディ・カラブリア la:Rhegium nl:Reggio di Calabria pl:Reggio di Calabria