Starting in the third century BC, the name Calabria was originally given to the Adriatic coast of the Salento peninsula in modern See more

Calabria is commonly considered part of the "Calabrian Arc", an arc-shaped geographic domain extending from the southern part of the Basilicata Region to the northeast of See more

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Calabria is subdivided as follows: service industry (28.94%), financial activities and real estate (21.09%), trade, tourism, transportation and … See more

Sister jurisdictions
• Burwood, Australia.
• State of West Virginia, United States. See more

The region is generally known as the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula, and is a long and narrow peninsula which stretches from north to south for 248 … See more

Calabria has one of the oldest records of human presence in Italy, which date back to around 700,000 BC when a type of Homo erectus evolved leaving traces around coastal … See more

Motorways and rail
The region is served by three heavily used roads: two national highways along the coasts (the SS18 between Naples and Reggio Calabria and … See more