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ROSSANO , a city of Calabria, Italy, in the province of Cosenza, 24 M. N.N.E. from that town direct, with a station 4 M. distant on the line from Metaponto to Reggio. Pop. (1901) 13,354. It is picturesquely situated on a precipitous spur of the mountain mass of Sila overlooking the Gulf of Taranto, the highest part of the town being 975 ft. above sea-level. Rossano is the seat of an archbishop, and in the cathedral
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Marble and alabaster quarries are worked in the neighbourhood.Mentioned in the Itineraries, Rossano (Roscianum) appears under the Latin empire as one of the important fortresses of Calabria. Totila
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See F. Lenormant, La Grande-Grece (1881), vol. i. 339 sqq. End of Article: ROSSANO If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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