Crotone Province of Crotone Calabria Italy
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Crotone

Crotone (, Italian: [kroˈtoːne] ; Crotonese: Cutrone or Cutruni) is a city and comune in Calabria, Italy. Founded c. 710 BC as the Achaean colony of Kroton (Ancient Greek: Κρότων or Ϙρότων; Latin: Crotona), it became a great Greek city, home of the renowned mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras amongst other famous citizens, and one of the most important centres of Magna Graecia. It was known as Cotrone from the Middle Ages until 1928, when its name was changed to the current one. In 1992, it became the capital of the newly established Province of Crotone.
Known in ancient times as: Croto(n)
Periods/Settlements: archaic, classical, hellenistic-republican, roman, late-antique

Distance between:

Rome to Crotone 313 Miles / 504 Kms
Milan to Crotone 601 Miles / 968 Kms
Venice to Crotone 505 Miles / 813 Kms


Postal Code 88900


Population 2020

Total: 62449
Total Men: 31559
Total Women: 31559

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