Morano Calabro

{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Morano Calabro

| official_name = Comune di Morano Calabro

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| region = Calabria

| province = Cosenza (CS)

| frazioni = Campotenese

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| mayor = Nicolò De Bartolo

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| area_total_km2 = 112.34

| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)

| population_total = 4608

| population_as_of = 30 August 2012

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| population_demonym = Moranesi

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| elevation_m = 694

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| saint = Saint Bernardino of Siena

| day = 20 May

| postal_code = 87016

| area_code = 0981

| website = {{official website|http://www.comunemoranocalabro.it/}}

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Morano Calabro (Moranese: {{lang|nap|Murenu}} {{IPA|nap|muˈrɛːnu|}}) is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").{{cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/calabria/|title=Calabria|access-date=1 August 2023|language=it}} It was the birthplace of mathematician Gaetano Scorza.

File:Morano Calabro view.jpg

File:NormanFort.jpg

Geography

The municipality borders with Castrovillari (the nearest town), Mormanno, Rotonda, San Basile, Saracena, Terranova di Pollino and Viggianello.

=Campotenese=

Its frazione (civil parish), the village of Campotenese, is located on a mountain pass at 1,015 amsl. A tourist site, the village is best known for the Battle of Campo Tenese (1806) between the First French Empire and the Kingdom of Naples. {{Citation needed|date=April 2012}}

Sister cities

  • {{flagicon|Brazil}} Porto Alegre, Brazil{{in lang|it}} [http://www.comuni-italiani.it/078/083/ Infos about the twinnage Morano-Porto Alegre (www.comuni-italiani.it)]

See also

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