Reggio de Calabria

"Regio de Calabria (en italiano, Reggio Calabria o Reggio; en grecocalabrés, Righi; en dialecto regino, Rrìggiu y en castellano antiguo, Ríjoles) es una ciudad y puerto de Italia meridional, capital de la Ciudad metropolitana homónima, en la región de Calabria, situada junto al estrecho de Mesina, enfrente de Sicilia. Tiene una población de 186 547 habitantes (2010) y una extensión de 236 km². La ciudad es sede del Consejo Regional de la Calabria y de la Superintendecia Arqueológica de la Calabria. En Reggio hay dos jóvenes universidades la "Mediterránea" (fundada en 1968) y la "Dante Alighieri" (instituida en 1984) además de uno entre los más importantes museos arqueológicos nacionales de Italia en el que están expuestos los notorios Bronces de Riace, que se han convertido en un símbolo de la ciudad."

"Reggio di Calabria (Italian pronunciation: [reddo di kalabrja], also [rddo]; Sicilian-Calabrian dialect: Rìggiu, Italic-Greek of Bovesia: Righi, Ancient Greek: , Rhgion, Latin: Rhgium), commonly known as Reggio Calabria or simply Reggio in Southern Italy, is the biggest city and the most populated comune of Calabria, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria and the seat of the Regional Council of Calabria. Reggio is located on the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula and is separated from the island of Sicily by the Strait of Messina. It is situated on the slopes of the Aspromonte, a long, craggy mountain range that runs up through the center of the region. The third economic center of mainland Southern Italy, the city proper has a population of more than 200,000 inhabitants spread over 236 square kilometres (91 sq mi), while the fast-growing urban area numbers 260,000 inhabitants. About 560,000 people live in the metropolitan area, recognised in 2015 by Italian Republic as a metropolitan city. As a major functional pole in the region, it has strong historical, cultural and economic ties with the city of Messina, which lies across the strait in Sicily, forming a metro city of less than 1 million people. Reggio is the oldest city in the region, and despite its ancient foundation was an important and flourishing colony of Magna Graecia it has a modern urban system, set up after the catastrophic earthquake on 28 December 1908, which destroyed most of the city. The region has been subject to earthquakes. It is a major economic center for regional services and transport on the southern shores of the Mediterranean. Reggio, with Naples and Taranto, is home to one of the most important archaeological museums, the prestigious National Archaeological Museum of Magna Græcia, dedicated to Ancient Greece (which houses the Bronzes of Riace, rare example of Greek bronze sculpture, which became one of the symbols of the city). Reggio is the seat, since 1907, of the Archeological Superintendence of Bruttium and Lucania. The city has two recently founded universities: the "Mediterranea" University, and the "Università per Stranieri" (University for Foreigners). There are also an Academy of Fine Arts (opened in 1967) and a Conservatory of Music (founded 1927). The city center, consisting primarily of Liberty buildings, has a linear development along the coast with parallel streets, and the promenade is dotted with rare magnolias and exotic palms. Reggio has commonly used popular nicknames: The "city of Bronzes", after the Bronzes of Riace that are testimonials of its Greek origins; the "city of bergamot", which is exclusively cultivated in the region; and the "city of Fatamorgana", an optical phenomenon visible in Italy only from the Reggio seaside. The city was an Italian candidate to become the European Capital of Culture. in 2019."