Sant'Agata del Bianco (Italy)
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Name (Latin)
Sant'Agata del Bianco (Italy)
Other forms of name
Sant'Agata di Crepacuore (Italy)
Sant'Agata (Reggio di Calabria, Italy)
Sant'Ajita (Reggio di Calabria, Italy)
Coordinates
E0160454 E0160454 N0380535 N0380535 (geonames )
Associated country
Italy
MARC
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Sources of Information
- Crucitti, P. Vocabolario e frasario mosorrofano-santagatino, 1988:p. 254 (Sant'Agata)
- Valente, G. Dizionario dei luoghi della Calabria, 1973(Sant'Agata del Bianco, comune of the province of Reggio di Calabria; almost completely destroyed by the earthquake of 1783; called also Sant'Agata di Crepacuore for having been a hamlet of present-day Samo, 1928-1946; given administrativeautonomy in 1946)
- Rohlfs, G. Dizionario toponomastico e onomastico della Calabria, 1974(Sant'Agata, ca. 1310 Castrum S. Agathe, ancient village between Reggio and Cardeto, Reggio di Calabria province; gave its name to the Sant'Agata River; dialect variant, Sant'Ajita)
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Wikipedia description:
Sant'Agata del Bianco is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) southwest of Catanzaro and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of Reggio Calabria. The great writer Saverio Strati was born in Sant'Agata del Bianco in 1924. Strati is the author of many books including, "Miti Racconti e Leggende di Calabria" a collection of legends and stories that gives insight into the traditions and culture of the Calabrese, as well as novels and dramas that describe the emigrant experience of the poor from the region.
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