San Demetrio Corone

Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di San Demetrio Corone
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region = RegioneIT|sigla=CAL
province = ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=CS (CS)
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elevation_m = 521
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area_total_km2 = 57
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population_total = 3923
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population_density_km2 = 69
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gentilic = Sandemetresi
telephone = 0984
postalcode = 87069
frazioni = Soferetti, Macchia Albanese, Sant'Agata
saint = S.Demetrio Megalomartire
day = 26 October
mapx = #expr:39 + 34 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:16 + 22 / 60.0
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native_name = San Demetrio Corone
name = San Demetrio Corone
website = http://sandemetriocorone.asmenet.it

San Demetrio Corone is a town and "comune" in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is notable for the Collegio of Sant'Adriano, a boarding school which produced many patriots and theorists/revolutionaries in the Italian Independence wars

Geography

The village is surrounded by lush vegetation and overlooks the Piana (plains) di Sibari. Majestic views of the Apennine Mountains and the Ionian Sea dominate the scenery. It is bordered by Acri, Corigliano Calabro, San Cosmo Albanese, Vaccarizzo Albanese, Santa Sofia d'Epiro, Tarsia and Terranova da Sibari.

History

San Demetrio Corone has its origins in the 1470's, founded by Albanians fleeing their motherland to escape persecution from the invading Ottomans. The "Sandemetresi", as in other Italian/Albanian towns, are fluent in both Italian and Albanian, though the latter is a rather italianised dialect.

The church of Sant'Adriano (built ca. 1000AD), adjacent to the aforementioned Collegio, is a fine example of early Norman-Byzantine architecture and contains some exquisite mosaics.

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