stilo

{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Stilo

| official_name = Comune di Stilo

| native_name = {{langx|el|Στύλος|translit=Stylos}}

| image_skyline = Stilo vecchio 2.jpg

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| image_shield = Stilo-Stemma.png

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| coordinates = {{coord|38|29|N|16|28|E|display=inline}}

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| region = Calabria

| metropolitan_city = Reggio Calabria (RC)

| frazioni = Caldarella, Bordingiano, Gatticello, Ferdinandea, Mila

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| mayor = Giancarlo Miriello (since May 31, 2006)

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 78.49

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 2742

| population_as_of = December 2007

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| population_demonym = Stilesi

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 386

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| saint = St. George

| day = April 23

| postal_code = 89049

| area_code = 0964

| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.stilo.rc.it/}}

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Stilo (Calabrian: {{lang|scn|Stilu}}; {{langx|el|Στύλος|translit=Stylos|lit=column}}) is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Calabria, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is {{convert|151|km|mi}} from Reggio.

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|date=10 January 2017 |access-date=1 August 2023|language=it}}

The economy of the commune is mainly based on agriculture, with production of cereals, oil, wine and cheese. There are mines of iron and lead.

At {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} from the city is the promontory of Cape Stilo, near where in July 1940 the Battle of Punta Stilo was fought by the Italian and British navies.

History

File:Stilocattolica.jpg, a Byzantine-style church from the 9th century.]]

The origins of Stilo are connected to the destruction of the ancient Greek colony of Caulonia by Dionysius II of Syracuse, followed by another by the Campanians (allies of the Romans) in 277 BC.