Umbriatico

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = umbriatico-Stemma.gif
official_name =Comune di Umbriatico
name = Umbriatico
region = Calabria
province = Crotone (KR)
elevation_m = 422
area_total_km2 = 72
population_as_of = 2007
population_total = 930
population_density_km2 = 517
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|39|21|N|16|54|E
frazioni = Perticaro
telephone = 0962
postalcode = 88823
gentilic =
saint =
day =
mayor =Vincenzio Chiarello
website =
mapy = 9.5833
mapx = 45.7500

Umbriatico is a comune and town in the province of Crotone, in Calabria, southern Italy. As of 2007 Umbriatico had an estimated population of 930.cite web | url=http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?men=gpro&des=gamelan&geo=465679692 | title="The World Gazetteer" | accessdate=2007-02-25]

History

Umbriatico was founded by the Oenotrians before of the arrival of the Greek colonists who founded the nearby Kroton. During the Second Punic War it had a defensive wall, but this did not prevent the Romans to storm it and massacre the population.

During the Middle Ages it was a bishopric see, until its abolition in 1700. It is now a small agricultural and breeding centre.

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