During its 3,500-year history Reggio has often been renamed. Each name corresponds with the city's major historical phases:
• Erythra (Greek for 'red'), allegedly the name of th… See more

The history of the area before the arrival of the Greeks in the eighth century BC is not reliably known. Mythical accounts record a series of different peoples in the region, including the Osci (sometimes referred to as Opici), … See more

With an exceptionally high population density, Reggio Calabria was cited as having the least green space in a study of 386 European cities. The study reported that green space coverage varied markedly, a… See more