Skip to content
Platì

File:Platì-Stemma.JPG · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ54636· pop 47· linked from 141 articles

Also known as Plati

Platì (; ) is a town and comune (municipality) in the province of Reggio Calabria, in Calabria, southern Italy. It rises above sea level on the slope of the Aspromonte mountains and is located next to the Aspromonte National Park.

Key facts

Italian comune.name
Platì
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Platì
Italian comune.native_name
Griko:
Italian comune.image_caption
Platì in the 1950s
Italian comune.image_shield
Platì-Stemma.JPG
Italian comune.image_map
Reggiocalabria mappa.png
Italian comune.map_caption
Map of the province of Reggio Calabria
Italian comune.region
Calabria
Italian comune.metropolitan_city
Reggio Calabria (RC)
Italian comune.area_total_km2
50
Italian comune.population_total
3762
Italian comune.population_as_of
January 1, 2009
Italian comune.population_demonym
10,000
Italian comune.saint
Mary Our Lady of Loreto
Italian comune.day
December 9
Italian comune.postal_code
89039
Italian comune.area_code
0964
Italian comune.website
Official website

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Platì
Population
3724
Area
50.87
Elevation
300
Official website
www.comune.plati.rc.it
Image
Plati.jpg
Dialing code
0964
Licence plate code
RC
Show 3 more facts
postal code
89039
Commons category
Platì
inception
1505-01-01
Sources (5)

via Wikidata · CC0

~3 min read

Article

4 sections
Contents
  • History
  • 'Ndrangheta stronghold
  • Notable people
  • References

Platì (; ) is a town and comune (municipality) in the province of Reggio Calabria, in Calabria, southern Italy. It rises above sea level on the slope of the Aspromonte mountains and is located next to the Aspromonte National Park.

==History== Platì was founded in 1505 when Ferdinand II of Aragon granted the fief Platì and Santa Barbara to Carlo Spinelli, member of the noble Neapolitan Spinelli family, princes of Cariati. The small hamlet that was set up was named Platì in 1704. The area was apparently populated by ex-convicts from the prison of Reggio Calabria as a kind of penal colony. The population was mainly employed in sheep husbandry.

Gallery (2)

On the map

2 mapped locations

Connections

Categories