Polistena

Polistena is a comune inside the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria in the Italian location Calabria, located approximately 70 kilometres southwest of Catanzaro and about 50 kilometres northeast of Reggio Calabria. Polistena borders the subsequent municipalities: Anoia, Cinquefrondi, Cittanova, Melicucco, San Giorgio Morgeto. Of uncertain historic origins, Polistena territory was inhabited on the grounds that prehistoric times. From the stays observed, it seems to be the territory of transit of the Locresi at some stage in their ancestral migration. A village with the modern name is mentioned for the first time within the 13^th century AD.

In 1783 Polistena changed into devastated by way of a violent earthquake, that razed to the ground most of the metropolis and killed greater than 2,000 people. The town become rebuilt quick, basing on a layout via Neapolitan architect Pompeo Schiantarelli, creating an urban center in the higher a part of the metropolis. The Monument to the Fallen is located in Piazza del Popolo, and changed into sculpted by means of Francesco Jerace. The Palazzo Avati is placed in the identical rectangular. In its facade is a portal in which there's an Apotropaica mask.