Reggio Calabria

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Marble memorial monument to Vittorio Emanuele III by Camillo Autore (Palermo 1882-Meran, 1936) with Promachos Athena statue, with Strait of Messina in background, Falcomata promenade, Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy

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Overview

Port, transport nexus and the main arrival and departure point for Sicily, Reggio seems more functional than fascinating. That is up until the point you set foot inside its fabulous national museum, custodian of some of the most precious artefacts of Magna Graecia known.

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Museo Nazionale di Reggio Calabria

Reggio Calabria

Over several floors in Southern Italy's finest museum you'll descend through millennia of local history, from Neolithic and Palaeolithic times through…

Museo Nazionale del Bergamotto

Reggio Calabria

Housed in Reggio's former covered market, this museum, which opened in 2018, showcases the interesting 300-year-old history of the region's bergamot…

Aragonese Castle

Reggio Calabria

Only two towers, restored in 2000, remain of the Aragonese Castle damaged by earthquake and partially demolished in 1922. The site is used for events and…

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