Platì
Sign in to savePlatì (; ) is a town and comune (municipality) in the province of Reggio Calabria, in Calabria, southern Italy. It rises above sea level on the slope of the Aspromonte mountains and is located next to the Aspromonte National Park.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Platì
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Platì
- Italian comune.native_name
- Griko:
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Platì in the 1950s
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Platì-Stemma.JPG
- Italian comune.image_map
- Reggiocalabria mappa.png
- Italian comune.map_caption
- Map of the province of Reggio Calabria
- Italian comune.region
- Calabria
- Italian comune.metropolitan_city
- Reggio Calabria (RC)
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 50
- Italian comune.population_total
- 3762
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- January 1, 2009
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- 10,000
- Italian comune.saint
- Mary Our Lady of Loreto
- Italian comune.day
- December 9
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 89039
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0964
- Italian comune.website
- Official website
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Platì (; ) is a town and comune (municipality) in the province of Reggio Calabria, in Calabria, southern Italy. It rises above sea level on the slope of the Aspromonte mountains and is located next to the Aspromonte National Park.
==History== Platì was founded in 1505 when Ferdinand II of Aragon granted the fief Platì and Santa Barbara to Carlo Spinelli, member of the noble Neapolitan Spinelli family, princes of Cariati. The small hamlet that was set up was named Platì in 1704. The area was apparently populated by ex-convicts from the prison of Reggio Calabria as a kind of penal colony. The population was mainly employed in sheep husbandry.