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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nicastro > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nicastro.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicastro > Source revision: 1329166130 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{about|the Italian town|the goat named after it|Nicastrese goat|other uses|Nicastro (disambiguation)}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Nicastro |native_name = |settlement_type = [Circoscrizione](/source/Circoscrizione) |image_skyline = |image_caption = |coordinates = {{coord|38|59|N|16|19|E|type:city|display=inline,title}} |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Italy |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Calabria}} |subdivision_type2 = Province |subdivision_name2 = [Catanzaro](/source/Province_of_Catanzaro) (CZ) |subdivision_type3 = Comune |subdivision_name3 = [Lamezia Terme](/source/Lamezia_Terme) |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 216 |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_footnotes = |population_total = 49,325 |population_as_of = |pop_density_footnotes = |postal_code = 88046 |area_code = (+39) 0968 |website = |footnotes = }} '''Nicastro''' is a town in the [province of Catanzaro](/source/province_of_Catanzaro), in the [Calabria](/source/Calabria) region of southern Italy. Since 1968 it constitutes, together with [Sambiase](/source/Lamezia_Terme) and [Sant'Eufemia Lamezia](/source/Lamezia_Terme), the city of [Lamezia Terme](/source/Lamezia_Terme). == Geography == It is situated on the [isthmus](/source/Isthmus_of_Catanzaro) between the gulfs of [Sant'Eufemia](/source/Gulf_of_Saint_Euphemia) and of [Squillace](/source/Squillace), the narrowest part of the entire Italian peninsula. At 216 meters above sea-level, it commands a fine view.{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Nicastro|volume=19|pages=645–646}} == History == Nicastro's origins trace back to the 9th century, when Calabria was part of the [Byzantine Empire](/source/Byzantine_Empire), when a fortress called Neo Castrum ("New Castle") was created. The centre was founded during the time of [Saracen](/source/Saracen) raids (IX-Xcentury), pushing coastal inhabitants to move to surrounding higher fortified ground.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}} However, many finds dating back to the Neolithic age and from the [Magna Graecia](/source/Magna_Graecia) era (IV century BC) have emerged.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}} In 1057, the area was conquered by the [Normans](/source/Normans), but Nicastro revolted against [Robert Guiscard](/source/Robert_Guiscard) and his brother [Roger](/source/Roger_I_of_Sicily). Having dominated the revolt, the new nobiliary had the Castle built, which was restored in the XIII century by [Frederick II of Swabia](/source/Frederick_II%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor) in the XIII century.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}} The castle of Nicastro served as the place of imprisonment of Frederick II's son [Henry](/source/Henry_(VII)_of_Germany). Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti, who was briefly [Innocent IX](/source/Pope_Innocent_IX), was the [bishop of Nicastro](/source/bishop_of_Nicastro) from 1560 to 1572.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}} The area suffered greatly in the [earthquakes of 1638](/source/List_of_earthquakes_in_Italy), which destroyed the cathedral and the [Benedictine abbey](/source/Benedictine_abbey) of St. Euphemia, founded by [Robert Guiscard](/source/Robert_Guiscard). Valuable archives were lost in the ruins.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}} Until the 18th century, in Nicastro and its surroundings [sericulture](/source/sericulture) was a very widespread and prosperous activity, so much so that five thousand pounds of raw silk were produced every year.{{cite book| language=Italian|first=Giovanni | last=Pititto | title=Archivio storico della Calabria| volume=4|year=2014 | publisher=Luigi Pellegrini Editore | ISBN=8868222132}} According to the historian [Giuseppe Maria Galanti](/source/Giuseppe_Maria_Galanti), at the end of the 18th century, sericulture alongside the cultivation of [mulberry trees](/source/Morus_(plant)) for the breeding of [silkworms](/source/Bombyx_mori) were still practiced, however there was a decline in the production.{{cite book| language=Italian|first=Giuseppe Maria| last=Galanti | title=Giornale di viaggio in Calabria| year=2008 | publisher=Rubbettino | ISBN =9788849819052}} == See also == * [Lamezia Terme Town Library](/source/Lamezia_Terme_Town_Library) * [Ardo Perri](/source/Ardo_Perri) == Notes and references == {{Reflist}} * [http://www.lameziastorica.it Lameziastorica.it] History of Lamezia Terme Nicastro * [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11047a.htm Article] from the [Catholic Encyclopedia](/source/Catholic_Encyclopedia) {{authority control}} *Nicastro Category:Frazioni of the Province of Catanzaro Category:Former municipalities of Calabria --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nicastro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicastro) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicastro?action=history)). 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