Vibo Valentia: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 65 - 200 San Leonardo Resort
 San Leonardo Resort is located in Vibo Valentia Marina and has its own Olympic-size swimming pool. The harbour is a short drive away.
Enjoy stunning… MoreEUR 38 - 140 Hotel Diavin
 Hotel Diavin is located just 30 metres from the sea in Vibo Valentia on the coast of Calabria. It offers air-conditioned rooms and a restaurant servin… More | ||||||||||||
Vibo Valentia: Guide
Vibo Valentia is a town and comune (municipality) in the Calabria region of southern Italy, near the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital of the Province of Vibo Valentia|Vibo Valentia province, and is an agricultural, commercial and tourist center (the most famous places nearby are Tropea, Ricadi and Pizzo, Calabria|Pizzo). There are also many important manifacturing industries, and here there is the tuna district of Maierato. Very important for the local economy is the Vibo Marina's harbour. Its population according to the 2001 census was 33,957.
History
Vibo Valentia was originally the Syracuse, who deported all the population. The population came back in Frederick II, Holy Roman emperor and king of Sicily, with the name of Monteleone. The city got back the old Roman name of Vibo Valentia only in 1928.
References
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Columbia University Press. 2001.
The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites; Stillwell, Richard. MacDonald, William L. McAlister, Marian Holland. Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press. 1976. ISBN 0-691-03542-3
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