Martone
Sign in to saveMartone (Calabrian: ) is a comune in the former province of Reggio Calabria, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The town was founded between the 7th and 8th centuries by Greek Christian monks from the Byzantine Empire, particularly from the regions around the Aegean Sea and the Levant.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Martone
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Martone
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Martone-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.metropolitan_city
- Reggio Calabria (RC)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Poligori
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 8
- Italian comune.population_total
- 597
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 2001
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Martonesi (Martunisi)
- Italian comune.saint
- Saint George(Santu San Giorgi)
- Italian comune.day
- 23 April
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 89040
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0964
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- Early History & Naming (9th-15th century)
- Presence of monks
- Aragon domination period (1442–1503)
- The Habsburgs of Austria (1707–1738)
- Period under the Bourbons (1738–1806)
- 1783 earthquake
- French domination (1806–1815)
- Return and End of Bourbon rule (1815 - 1861)
- Festivity in honor of Saint George
- Post-Bourbon (1861-)
- Geological and archaeological remains (1950-)
- Church of S. Anania or Grotto of the Saracens
- Mazzone's Tower
- The Episcopate (Bishop's Palace)
- Country residential structure: Villa of the Baron
- Church matrix and the cult of the Madonna of the Assumption
- Church of St. George
- References
Martone (Calabrian: ) is a comune in the former province of Reggio Calabria, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The town was founded between the 7th and 8th centuries by Greek Christian monks from the Byzantine Empire, particularly from the regions around the Aegean Sea and the Levant.
Martone, like many communes in the Locride area, was part of a larger group of comuni, all founded by Greek monks.