Calabria, Italy · Europe
Africo Vecchio sits on the route: 15 minutes from Samo, 31km from Chianalea di Scilla.
Africo Vecchio is a town located in Calabria, Italy. With a population of 3,349, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Africo Vecchio sits in Italy, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Rome time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Africo Vecchio to your route.
On 23 October 1907 a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Calabria, at a depth of 33.0 km. in the area of Gerace-Siderno, on the southeast coast of Calabria. The event caused 167 deaths and major damage.
The epicentral area included only one town (Ferruzzano), where many houses collapsed almost completely, and 158 persons,Read more
or 8% of its population, were killed. Ferruzano had been hit as well in the 1905 Calabria earthquake.
Almost a month later, on 17 November 1907, the area of Ferruzzano, Brancaleone and Bianco was hit again. On 23 January 1908 the area was hit again by an earthquake. People had to camp in the fields or in nearby subterranean grottos. In Ferruzzano new houses built after the earthquakes of 1905 and 1907 resisted the shocks of the 1908 Messina earthquake.
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Africo Vecchio is located in Calabria, Italy, Europe. The coordinates are 38.0667 latitude, 15.9833 longitude.
Africo Vecchio has a population of approximately 3,349 people, making it a town in Italy.
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Fishermen's quarter of Scilla where houses rise straight out of the Strait of Messina, earning it the name 'little Venice of the South'. Swordfish boats with their towering lookout masts still land catches beneath Ruffo Castle.
31 km · about 35 min drive
April to October
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