Place:Crotone, Calabria, Italy

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NameCrotone
Alt namesProvince of Crotone
Crotonesource: Wikipedia
Crotone provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Provincia di Crotonesource: Wikipedia
TypeProvince
Located inCalabria, Italy     (1996 - )
See alsoCatanzaro, Calabria, ItalyParent
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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The province of Crotone is a province in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It was formed in 1992 out of a section of the province of Catanzaro. The provincial capital is the city of Crotone. It borders the provinces of Cosenza, Catanzaro, and also the Ionian Sea. It contains the mountain Pizzuta, the National Park of the Sila, Montagnella Park, and the Giglietto Valley. Crotone was founded in 710 BCE. It participated in the Second Punic War against the Roman Republic.

The province contains 27 comuni (singular: comune), listed at comuni of the Province of Crotone.

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