Castelsilano
Sign in to saveCastelsilano is a comune and town with a population of 1034 people in the province of Crotone, in Calabria, Italy.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Castelsilano
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Castelsilano
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Castelsilano (KR).jpg
- Italian comune.region
- Calabria
- Italian comune.province
- Crotone (KR)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- none
- Italian comune.mayor
- Francesco Durante
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 39.51
- Italian comune.population_total
- 1034
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 2011
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Castelsilanesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 900
- Italian comune.saint
- San Leonardo
- Italian comune.day
- November 6
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 88834
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0984
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Castelsilano is a comune and town with a population of 1034 people in the province of Crotone, in Calabria, Italy.
==History== Castelsilano was founded in 1685 when Scipione Rota, Prince of Acherontia, decided on the construction of a fortified structure to rest during his long hunting expeditions and as a place to stay during the summer months. The surrounding area around these fortified houses was built gradually. Called Castrum Casini originally, it became a municipality under the name of Casino on 14 August 1811 by decree of King Joachim Murat.