Umbriatico
| Umbriatico | |
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| Comune | |
| Comune di Umbriatico | |
 Umbriatico
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| Country | Italy |
| Region | Calabria |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Crotone (KR) |
| Frazioni | Perticaro |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vincenzio Chiarello |
| Area | |
| • Total | 72 km2 (28 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 422 m (1,385 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 930 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 88823 |
| Dialing code | 0962 |
Umbriatico is a comune and town in the province of Crotone, in Calabria, southern Italy. As of 2007 Umbriatico had an estimated population of 930.[1]
History
Umbriatico was founded by the Oenotrians before the arrival of the Greek colonists who founded nearby Kroton. During the Second Punic War it had a defensive wall, but this did not prevent the Romans from storming it and massacring the population.
During the Middle Ages Umbriatico was the seat of a bishopric, which was abolished as a residential see in 1818 and brought into use as a titular diocese of the Catholic Church in 1969.
The town is now a small agricultural and livestock-breeding centre.
Sources
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