20 Facts About Catanzaro

Catanzaro is being consolidated to form a greater metropolitan area, by the Region of Calabria, and in connection with the town of Lamezia Terme, comprising 10 municipalities.

Catanzaro is known as the city of the three V's, referring to the three distinct features of the city, namely Saint Vitalian, the patron saint; velvet, because the city has been an important silk centre since Byzantine times; and wind, because of the strong breezes from the Ionian Sea and La Sila.

Catanzaro's rivers include the mainstream of the Fiumarella, which joins with the river Musofalo, and the torrent Corach .

Climate of Catanzaro is typically Mediterranean, temperate, and characterized by a windy spring and autumn.

Catanzaro was always choice land due to its safe, high location, and the territory was under several groups' control, including the Saracens, Normans, Catalans and Venetians.

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Around the year 1050, Catanzaro rebelled against Saracen dominance and returned to a brief period of Byzantine control.

In 1069, Catanzaro was the last city in Calabria, after many months of resistance, to fall under siege by the Normans of Robert Guiscard, who built the Norman castle, still in existence today.

Between the 9th and the 11th century, Catanzaro was the first centre to introduce silk production to Italy.

The silk of Catanzaro supplied almost all of Europe and was sold in a large market fair to Spanish, Venetian, Genoese and Dutch merchants.

Catanzaro became the lace capital of Europe with a large silkworm breeding facility that produced all the laces and linens used in the Vatican.

From this time forward, Catanzaro firmly established itself as an import center for its textile productions.

The fame of the master silk weavers of Catanzaro spread throughout France and they were invited to Lyon in order to teach the techniques of weaving.

Catanzaro introduced a new kind of machine which was able to work the yarns faster and more precisely.

In 1519 Emperor Charles V formally recognized the growth of the industry of Catanzaro by allowing the city to establish a consulate of the silk craft, charged with regulating and check in the various stages of a production that flourished throughout the sixteenth century.

The silk textiles of Catanzaro were not only sold at the kingdom's markets, they were exported to Venice, France, Spain and England.

In 1528 Charles V gave authorization for Catanzaro to bear the imperial eagle attached to a coat of arms depicting the hilltops of the town.

On 23 December 1961, at the Fiumarella viaduct near Catanzaro, there was a serious rail accident, when a train derailed and fell about 40 metres into the river below.

Catanzaro had different names, which correspond to different periods of history through the city:.

Catanzaro is served by the SS106 Jonica state road which connects it to the A2 motorway.

Serie C club U S Catanzaro 1929 represents the city of Catanzaro in association football.