Stignano

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Stignano is a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 50 kilometres south of Catanzaro and about 80 kilometres northeast of Reggio Calabria. Stignano borders the following municipalities: Camini, Caulonia, Pazzano, Placanica, Riace, Stilo. ()

Alternative names: Population: 1.4 thous.Area: 6.86 mi²Coordinates: 38°25'0"N, 16°28'13"E

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Stignano – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hermit of Santa Maria della Stella, Cattolica di Stilo, Castle of Stilo, San Giovanni Theristis.

3.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Hermit of Santa Maria della Stella, Pazzano
96 min walk • Hermit of Santa Maria della Stella or Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Stella is an Italian hermitage, sited in a natural cave at Pazzano on Monte Stella in Calabria, Italy.
4.4 miN
Church, Forts and castles, Historical place
Cattolica di Stilo, Stilo
112 min walk • The Cattolica di Stilo is a Byzantine church in the comune of Stilo, Calabria, southern Italy. It is a national monument.
4.5 miN
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Castle of Stilo, Stilo
114 min walk • The Castle of Stilo or Norman Castle is a castle of the Norman period built at Stilo, Calabria in southern Italy by Roger I of Sicily upon Monte Consolino in the 11th century.
5.4 miN
Monastery
San Giovanni Theristis
138 min walk • The Monastery of San Giovanni Theristis Greek: Ιερά Μονή Αγίου Ιωάννη του Θεριστή, is an Orthodox Christian monastery in Bivongi, Calabria, southern Italy. It is part of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese for Italy.
3.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Monte Mammicomito
100 min walk • Monte Mammicomito is a massif in the Serre Calabresi, southern Calabria, southern Italy. It is composed of Devonian-origin limestone. Monte Mammicomito is separated from Monte Consolino by a narrow valley, in which is the town of Pazzano.
4.2 miN
Church
Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo, Pazzano
108 min walk • The church of Santa Maria Assunta in Cielo is a seventeenth-century church in Pazzano.
4.7 miN
Church
Chiesa della Mamma Nostra, Pazzano
121 min walk • Mamma Nostra Church is a 17th-century church and is located in Bivongi. Its construction began in 1610 on the foundations of an earlier church that was demolished. The church was partially destroyed during the 1783 earthquake.
5.1 miNE
38°27'13"N • 16°33'9"E
Castello di Monasterace
131 min walk • Forts and castles
3.4 miSE
Forts and castles
Castello San Fili
88 min walk • The castle of San Fili, or casino of San Fili, is located in the municipality of Stignano, in the metropolitan city of Reggio Calabria, Calabria.
4.2 miN
Church
St. Francis of Assisi Church, Stilo
107 min walk • The Church of San Francesco or Church of San Francesco dei Minori is a 16th-century religious building of late Baroque style located in Stilo, in the province of Reggio Calabria. It was built next to a 14th-century watchtower.
4.7 miN
Ruins
Miniera Garibaldi, Stilo
120 min walk • Bivongi mines are all those open mines located in the territory of the municipality of Bivongi in Calabria used in the past mainly for the extraction of galena, molybdenum and other minerals such as chalcopyrite.