Platì

Also known as Plati

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.

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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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==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.

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