Albidona
Sign in to saveAlbidona (Albidonese: ) is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is located between the Ionian Sea and the mountains of Pollino National Park, at 11 km from the sea and 18 km from the mountains.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Albidona
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Albidona
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Veduta del Centro Storico.JPG
- Italian comune.image_caption
- View of the old town
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Albidona-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.province
- (CS)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Filomena Di Palma
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 63.71
- Italian comune.population_total
- 1273
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 30 November 2018
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Albidonesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 810
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Michael Archangel
- Italian comune.day
- 8 May
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 87070
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0981
- Italian comune.istat
- 078006
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Albidona (Albidonese: ) is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is located between the Ionian Sea and the mountains of Pollino National Park, at 11 km from the sea and 18 km from the mountains.
==History== Ancient historians Lycophron and Strabo report that Albidona was founded on the ruins of Leutarnia, an old and large city of Greater Greece by the fortune-teller Calchas, returning from the Trojan War. The oldest historical information about Albidona dates actually from around the year 1000.