Amato
Sign in to saveAmato (Calabrian: ; ) is an Arbëreshë comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Amato
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Amato
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Amato piazza sf.png
- Italian comune.province
- (CZ)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Saverio Ruga
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 20
- Italian comune.population_total
- 848
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 December 2013
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Amatesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 480
- Italian comune.saint
- Francis of Paola
- Italian comune.day
- 2 April
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 88040
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0961
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Amato (Calabrian: ; ) is an Arbëreshë comune and town in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Italy.
==History== Amato is one of the oldest towns in Calabria. It is mentioned by the Greek philosopher Aristotle and by the Roman Pliny the Elder in one of his books. He calls it "Sinus Lametinus" (Lametino Harbour).