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Bagnara Calabra © All rights reserved. It is absolutely forbidden to modify or publish this file or its contents on the web. Exclusive property of the Calabria Vigorosa Tourist Consortium in free use and unlimited time to the Municipality of Bagnara Calabra and to the Proloco di Bagnara Calabra. Sale prohibited. Product distributed free and exclusively by the Municipality of Bagnara Calabra and the Proloco di Bagnara Calabra. Company benefiting Por Calabria 2007-2013 Pisl Local Tourist Systems / Local Tourist Destinations Pia. eGuide Bagnara Timeless charm � Calabria Vigorosa eGuide !3 eGuide Calabria Vigorosa Guide" Editorial director: Giuseppe De Franco" Editorial board: Ettore De Franco, Lorenzo Principe, Mirko Di Maria" Collaborators: Bruno Ienco" The translation of this guide was made with the help of Google Translate © 2018 Calabria Vigorosa e Guide$ Via Cav. P. Longo 123 87028 Praia a Mare (CS) Italia$ www.calabriavigorosa.it The writing of this guide has been carried out with great care and accuracy. However, we assume no responsibility for changes in schedules, telephone numbers, addresses or other incidents, or for damages or inconveniences from anyone su#ered as a result of information contained in this guide. Pro Loco executive committee: Bruno Ienco - president Luigi Barilà - vice president Giuseppe Barilà - secretary Daniele Penna - cashier Concetta Celi -adviser Carmelo Plateroti - adviser Francesco De Biasi - adviser Municipal administration: Gregorio Frosina - mayor Mario Romeo - deputy mayor Angela Randazzo - assessor Silvana Ruggero - assessor Felice Maceri - assessor Rocco Dominici - assessor !4 eGuide Beautiful, “sweet” and friendly I HAVE felt, since I have been president of this Association, the need to create a tourist guide to Bagnara Calabra for citizens and for those who want to know and explore the beauty of its enchanting landscape, the charm of its history, the beauty of its beach, the lush hilly landscape and the goodness of its climate. A project already realized in 2011. After seven years, with this digital guide, I was able to put into practice the second updated edition in its graphics, but above all adapted to the social world, improving it with photos and news. At the first point, the reception of commercial operators, citizens and local associations can not be separated, convinced that the city of Bagnara Calabra keeps the centrality of the guiding country of Costa Viola tourism intact. The guide can be downloaded for free by all those who want to deepen their knowledge on the natural and scenic beauties of our Bagnara both from the site of the Proloco, both from the Municipality and, finally, from that of the publisher. In it are reported the places and sites to visit as well as historical information of cultural relevance. The Palazzo Ducale dei Ruffo, the Garibaldi Fountain, where the hero of the two worlds is said to have quenched his thirst during his stay in Bagnara Calabra, the nature trails of the Croce, Palumbari and Marturano, the Torre di Ruggero, the Norman , the Grotta delle rondini, the Belvedere with adjoining open air theater, the Caravilla Bridge and the tourist port. It will be interesting to try our hand at discovering our surroundings. Pellegrina with the renowned artistic ceramic factories and the ovens that produce the typical wheat bread; Ceramida and Solano Inferiore, located at an altitude ranging from 350 to 600 meters above sea level. From these places, you can admire the enchanting natural spectacle of the Strait of Messina and the Aeolian Islands. The guide also includes restaurant activities and hotels where to stay, to make it easier for tourists to organize their stay in our town. Bruno Ienco Pro Loco president !5 eGuide Proud $ of our roots THE initiative proposed by the President of the Pro Loco of Bagnara Calabra, concerning the realization of a new tourist guide regarding our territory, finds me particularly satisfied. To be able to carry out this important work without any burden, makes this guide more appreciated, given the difficult economic moment in which the same Pro Loco and the City. The peculiarities of our town, its socio-cultural attractions, its historical sites, its history and its socio-tourist interest are highlighted. Anecdotes are recounted by the author who once gave prestige to Bagnara in the scenario of the guiding country of the Calabrian territory. I invite all to visit our territory that boasts of the ancient and solid maritime traditions handed down from father to son, and enogastronomiche, wishing them good permanence. I take the opportunity to offer a warm greeting to our fellow citizens who have always shown a strong attachment to their roots. Gregorio Frosina Mayor of Bagnara Calabra !6 eGuide THE story of Bagnara is the mirror, in many ways, of that of Calabria. A great past, great ideas remained unexpressed, great potential that failed to come to light and, then, ordinariness, decline, a complicated present. The Bagnaresi, however, have a good memory and preserve their treasures, their tradition in a treasure that they jealously guard. Bagnara is a forerunner of the work of a people and the ability to recover when necessary. The two terrible earthquakes that the year hit in the eighteenth century have awakened the desire for redemption. The city has been rebuilt and, as you can read in this guide, with such innovative ideas that probably have not been completed because they have not been fully understood. I refer to the project of the Coffee House and the Regio Teatro. These projects are evidence of a great culture of urban furniture, of the aspiration to live in a city on a human scale. This great culture is also witnessed by the architecturally beautiful churches and the stately buildings that have been built there. Too bad that some of them are not accessible to the visitor. Like the Ducal Palace of the Ruffos, renovated, but still inaccessible. The industriousness of the Bagnaresi is also witnessed in the work. The fishing of the swordfish is an art that only here is carried out with great skill, from the art of ceramics, from the ability to establish itself worldwide with the artisan production of nougat. And even in the most modern crafts Bagnara excels. Today the craft of cooking is very fashionable. Here is an art well before the chef's television craze broke out. The proof is not only the number of rooms (no less than 16 restaurants in a village of just over ten thousand inhabitants), but the quality of the dishes served. Eating gourmet, or tasting pizza and biting a sandwich, here in Bagnara is a pleasant experience. The Bagnaresi, then, do not forget their heroes. It is no coincidence that a plaque commemorates the sacrifice of 15 fishermen who heroically drowned a sea storm that hit the city in 1927. And they do not forget their heroines. The women here in Bagnara have played a decisive role in the development of activities and in the management of the life of each citizen. And it is in their honor that the statue at the Bagnarota stands out in memory and in honor of the many women who worked, who helped the community to grow. The territory of Bagnara is particularly impervious and without their help life in Bagnara would have been practically impossible. Economic isolation was the real problem of Bagnara. Everything that was produced could not be sold. The only outlet was the sea, but it was not enough. It was necessary to reach the grades of communication to sell on the surrounding markets. In this context it was the women, the bagnarote, who solved the problem. Men worked the fields, fished, produced artisanal tools. The women with a basket on their heads played a commercial role. They walked towards the roads of great communication and, as Tito Puntillo and Enzo Barilà write in the book "Il caso di Bagnara" (Edizioni Periferia), "they compensated with the transport on their shoulders or on their heads", the disadvantage that nature had decreed for Bagnara . The caravans left the village or the Marinella, passed the Porelli and reached the first stopping point. They resumed their journey towards Pellegrina where there was a second stopping point. The distances between the avant-garde and the group were kept in order to guarantee coverage of the area crossed. The rear was made up of loads of fish. The row proceeded sunflower from Porelli to Piani di Corona, where it was reconstituted compact ». Giuseppe De Franco Editorial Director eGuide !7 eGuide Summary How to consult the guide 9 Restaurants, pubs, taverns 10 Accomodations 12 Useful informations 13 Shopping, Mobile coverage, Security 14 Useful phones 15 Territory and population 17 Alarms! Alarms! 19 The Norman abbey 20 Fountain, Tower, Church of the Rosario 21 Co#ee House and Regio theater 22 Ducal Castle of the Ru#os 23 Versace Museum 24 Sanctuary of the Carmine 25 Pescespada, world champions 26 Music, what a passion 27 The Via Popilia 28 The shepherd boy and the siren 29 Events 30 Notes" Bibliography: Puntillo-Barilà Il caso di Bagnara (Periferia 1993) - Enciclopedia dei Comuni della Calabria (Il Quotidiano della Calabria) - I Propilei - Valensise “Storia di Bagnara” (Equilibri). Iconographic references: Archivio della Proloco di Bagnara - Wikipedia Commons - Archivio Associazione La Via Popilia - Archivio Premio Mia Martini - Archivio “La Festa del Pane” - Archivio Calabria Vigorosa Calabria Vigorosa is available to fulfill its commitments towards the holder of any rights on published materials. !8 eGuide HOW TO CONSULT THE GUIDE The guide is designed to be consulted on the mobile phone or tablet. It is a Pdf file that always shows one page at a time. 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