Samo (Calabrian: Samu; Calabrian Greek: Σάμος) is a small town and comune located in the Province of Reggio Calabria, southern Italy. Samo has a population of 1,090, but this increases seasonally. Samo is about 10 kilometres (6 mi) inland and about 390 metres (1,280 ft) above sea level. It is located at the foot of Aspromonte National Park.
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Ferruzzano is a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region of Calabria, located about 110 kilometres southwest of Catanzaro and about 40 kilometres east of Reggio Calabria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 863 and an area of 19.1 square kilometres.
Ferruzzano borders the following municipalities: Bianco, Bruzzano Zeffirio, Caraffa del Bianco, Sant'Agata del Bianco. It is the home town of Giuseppe Zangara, the man who tried to assassinate Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
On 23 October 1907 a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Calabria, at a depth of 33.0 km. The epicentral area included Ferruzzano, where many houses collapsed almost completely, and 158 persons, or 8% of its population, were killed. Ferruzano had been hit as well in the 1905 Calabria earthquake. Several aftershocks followed: on 17 November 1907 Ferruzzano was hit by an earthquake again, as well as on 23 January 1908. New houses built after the earthquakes of 1905 and 1907 resisted the shocks of the 1908 Messina earthquake.
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Caraffa del Bianco is a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 100 kilometres southwest of Catanzaro and about 35 kilometres east of Reggio Calabria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 605 and an area of 12.3 square kilometres.
Caraffa del Bianco borders the following municipalities: Bianco, Casignana, Ferruzzano, Sant'Agata del Bianco.
The revolutionary Rocco Verduci was born at Caraffa del Bianco.
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Sant'Agata del Bianco is a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 100 kilometres southwest of Catanzaro and about 35 kilometres east of Reggio Calabria.
The great writer Saverio Strati was born in Sant'Agata del Bianco in 1924. Strati is the author of many books including, "Miti Racconti e Leggende di Calabria" a collection of legends and stories that gives insight into the traditions and culture of the Calabrese, as well as novels and dramas that describe the emigrant experience of the poor from the region.
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Casignana is a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in region of Calabria, Italy and located about 35 km east of Reggio Calabria.
It is best known for the monumental ancient Roman villa at Palazzi di Casignana which can be visited.
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Bruzzano Zeffirio is a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 110 kilometres southwest of Catanzaro and about 40 kilometres southeast of Reggio Calabria.
Its territory is included in the Aspromonte National Park.
Samo has a number of fresh water springs running in the nearby mountains and through the town which are used by most of the population for drinking.