| Mongiana | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Calabria | |
| Territory | Calabrian greenhouses | |
| Altitude | 921 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 20.7 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 779 (year 2012) | |
| Name inhabitants | Mongianesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0963 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 89823 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | San Rocco (August 16) | |
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Mongiana is a country of Calabria.
To know
When to go
To visit especially during the spring and summer.
Background
The inhabited center was founded on 8 March 1771 on the Cima hill as a residence for workers, artisans, employees, managers and military garrisons committed to carrying out production activities in the Royal Ironworks and Arms Factory established there by the Bourbons. The latter managed to employ up to 2700-2800 people. In Mongiana between 1822 and 1829 the first iron suspension bridge in Italy was built: the "Real Ferdinando" suspension bridge over the Garigliano river, designed on the idea of Prof. Carmine Antonio Lippi, and, between 1832 and 1835, the Bridge "Maria Cristina" on the river Calore Irpino, designed by the engineer Luigi Giura. Also in Mongiana the rails were built for the first Italian railway, the Naples-Portici. Not only that, all the rails of the railway line up to Bologna have been merged and built in the real factory, which has long since been replaced. In addition, the "Mongiana" model infantry rifle was built. The Mongiana Arms Factory was so important that it received a visit from the King of Naples Ferdinand II of Bourbon: precisely on October 16 and 17, 1852. Cavaliere Ferdinando Iorfida lived in Mongiana and had the license n. 1 for Calabria. After the unification of Italy a rapid decline of the productive settlement began.
How to orient yourself
Mongiana: full screen map.The area surrounding the town is characterized by the presence of luxuriant woods crossed by uncontaminated streams, pure air and crystal clear water that can be drunk directly from the springs.
In the complex of Villa Vittoria there is a station of the State Forestry Corps.
How to get
By plane
The nearest airport is:
- 1 Lamezia Terme. On which Ryanair, Easyjet, Alitalia, Volotea, Vueling and Lufthansa regularly operate.
How to get around
What see
- 1 Mongiana arms factory. the factory was an armory of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies built in 1852. The project was part of the Mongiana iron and steel center born in the second half of the eighteenth century and replaced the gun barrel factory built during the French government of Calabria. It was designed by the engineer and architect Domenico Fortunato Savino. Today, the factory is a place to visit, part of the Ecomuseo delle Ferriere e Fonderie in Calabria.
Events and parties
- Feast of Our Lady of Grace.
2nd of July. - Feast of San Rocco. August 16.
2nd of July.What to do
- Cycling along a stretch of the Cycle route of the parks of Calabria.
