Catanzaro

Catanzaro (kätändzä`rō), city (1991 pop. 96,614), capital of Catanzaro prov. and of Calabria, S Italy, on a hill above the Ionian Sea. It is a commercial center, with flour mills and distilleries. Employment opportunities there are limited, and the per capita income is low. Founded (10th cent.) by the Byzantines, Catanzaro was famous (11th–17th cent.) for its velvets and damasks.

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Catanzaro

City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 93,540), capital of Calabria, southern Italy. Catanzaro lies near the Gulf of Squillace. It was probably founded in the 10th century by Byzantines. It was taken in 1059 by the Normans under Robert Guiscard. It played an important part in the Napoleonic Wars and in the movement for Italian unity. Catanzaro suffered severely from earthquakes in 1905 and 1907 and from bombing in World War II. It is an agricultural centre.

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Catanzaro 

a city in southern Italy, in Calabria, capital ofCatanzaro Province. Population, 83, 000 (1970). Catanzaro is arailroad junction with a port (Marina di Catanzaro) on the coastof the Gulf of Squillace in the Ionian Sea. It has food, woodworking, metalworking, and textile industries; pottery is also produced.