Comuni Virtuosi
Comuni Virtuosi in Calabria
4 towns
Calabria has 4 Comuni Virtuosi communes in our index. They are in the Cosenza and Reggio Calabria provinces.
The three most recognized in our catalogue are Roseto Capo Spulico, Montegiordano, and Alessandria del Carretto. 1 more town carries the mark alongside them.
The towns
Roseto Capo Spulico
Province: Cosenza · 217 m
A castle on a rock above the Ionian, in a village that began as a satellite of Sybaris in the seventh century BC.
Montegiordano
Province: Cosenza · 619 m
A 619-meter hill town with a hunting castle and a centro storico turned into a gallery of murals.
Alessandria del Carretto
Province: Cosenza · 1,043 m
The highest village in the Pollino at 1,043 meters, the only Italian commune carrying its founder's full name, with a fir-tree ritual every 3 May.
Riace
Province: Reggio Calabria · 300 m
A 300-meter borgo on the Locride hills, famous for the 1972 bronzes pulled from its sea and the refugee resettlement project that doubled its population.
From elsewhere in Italy
Five more towns
Sarnano
Province: Macerata
A 539-meter medieval borgo of baked brick at the foot of the Sibillini, with thermal springs that ran for 84 years until the 2016 earthquake.
Celle di San Vito
Province: Foggia
The smallest commune in Puglia, 142 residents at 726 meters, one of two Franco-Provençal-speaking villages in the south.
Monteleone di Spoleto
Province: Perugia
A 539-resident hilltop borgo at 978m in the upper Nera valley, ranked among the Borghi più belli d'Italia, with a medieval castle for a skyline and a pilgrim route running through it.
Monopoli
Province: Bari
An Adriatic walled town forty kilometers south of Bari, the Charles V castle on the headland, 156 square kilometers of coastline behind it.
Isole Tremiti
Province: Foggia
An Adriatic archipelago of five islands twenty-two kilometers off the Gargano, the only Italian commune scattered across an open-sea group.