Riace(Calabrian:Riàci) is acomune(municipality) in theMetropolitan City of Reggio Calabriain theItalian regionofCalabria,located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) south ofCatanzaroand about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northeast ofReggio Calabria.Riace borders the municipalities ofCaminiandStignano.
Riace
Greek:Riaci | |
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| Comune di Riace | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Riace  | |
  Riace Location of Riace in Calabria  Riace Riace (Calabria) | |
| Coordinates:38°25′05″N16°28′52″E/ 38.41806°N 16.48111°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Calabria |
| Metropolitan city | Reggio Calabria(RC) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Antonio Trifoli |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.24 km2(6.27 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
| Population (30 November 2016)[2] | |
• Total | 2,343 |
| • Density | 140/km2(370/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Riacesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
| Postal code | 89040 |
| Dialing code | 0964 |
| Patron saint | Saints Cosmas and Damian |
| Website | Official website |
Art
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Riace is notable as the place where theBronzi di Riace(Riace bronzes), bronze statues of warriors, were found in the sea in 1972. TheseAncient Greek sculpturescan be seen in theMuseo Nazionale della Magna Grecia(National Museum ofMagna Graecia,i.e. the colonies of Greater Greece) inReggio Calabria.
Migration policy
editRiace attracted international attention through its policies on migrants under mayorDomenico Lucanoduring theEuropean migrant crisis.[3]As of January 2011, about 450 refugees from 20 countries had settled there among the 1,800 inhabitants, revitalising the village and preventing the closure of the village school.[4][5]Lucano was ranked third in the 2010World Mayorcompetition;[6]the winner was themayor of Mexico City,which at the time had about nine million inhabitants.[7][8]He was also listed at number 40 byFortuneas one of the world's greatest leaders in 2016.[5][9]
In the first-instance trial in September 2021, Lucano was sentenced to 13 years in prison for abettingillegal immigration.[10]On appeal in October 2023, the judges dropped charges against him,[11]ruling that his migration management model was not criminal.[12]Lucano said a never-ending nightmare was finally over.[13]With all charges dropped from the Locri investigation that began in 2018,[14][15]
Lucano was chosen as anindependent candidatefor theGreens and Left Alliancein the2024 European Parliament election in Italy;[16]he was elected amember of the European Parliamentand was also again elected mayor of Riace.[17]In Riace, "most of [the migrants] have moved on and mostly only elderly villagers remain."[18]
References
edit- ^"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011".Italian National Institute of Statistics.Retrieved16 March2019.
- ^All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
- ^Sreenivasan, Hari(3 April 2016).PBS NewsHour Weekend.
- ^Ash, Lucy (10 January 2011)."Italian mayor saves his village by welcoming refugees".BBC News.Retrieved22 May2024.
- ^abPoggioli, Sylvia (12 April 2016).NPR Morning Edition(radio). NPR.Retrieved22 May2024.
- ^Marrazzo, Donata (11 October 2023)."Ecco chi è Mimmo Lucano, per tutti Mimì Capatosta".Il Sole 24 Ore(in Italian).Retrieved22 May2024.
- ^Vom Hove, Tann (7 December 2010)."World Mayor: The 2010 results".World Mayor.Retrieved22 May2024.
- ^"Domenico Lucano".Fortune.2016. Archived fromthe originalon 10 January 2023.Retrieved22 May2024.
- ^"Riace: The Italian village abandoned by locals, adopted by migrants".BBC News.25 September 2016.Retrieved26 September2016.
- ^Tondo, Lorenzo (30 September 2021)."Pro-refugee Italian mayor sentenced to 13 years for abetting illegal migration".The Guardian.Retrieved22 May2024.
- ^Munster, Ben (21 May 2024)."Divided by migration, this tiny Italian community turned into a ghost town".Politico.Retrieved22 May2024.
- ^Ripolo, Mariateresa (12 April 2024)."La 'mission' di Mimmo Lucano era 'alimentare una economia della speranza' e 'aiutare gli ultimi'".Corriere della Calabria(in Italian).Retrieved12 June2024.
- ^"Charges dropped against Riace ex-mayor 'Mimmo'".InfoMigrants.13 October 2023.Retrieved22 May2024.
- ^Ripolo, Mariateresa (10 June 2024)."La doppia sfida di Mimmo Lucano: valanga di voti alle Europee, ora fari puntati sulle comunali a Riace".Corriere della Calabria(in Italian).Retrieved12 June2024.
- ^"Il ritorno di Mimmo Lucano: eletto sindaco di Riace e all'Europarlamento".Quotidiano Nazionale(in Italian). 10 June 2024.Retrieved12 June2024.
- ^Munster, Ben (21 May 2024)."Divided by migration, this tiny Italian community turned into a ghost town".Politico.Retrieved22 May2024.
- ^Candito, Alessia (11 June 2024)."La doppia vittoria di Mimmo Lucano, trionfa alle Europee e torna sindaco a Riace: 'Salvini pensava fosse tutto finito? Si sbagliava'".La Repubblica(in Italian).Retrieved12 June2024.
- ^Burgen, Stephen (20 June 2024)."'I was shot in the leg back home': the refugees reviving rural Spain ".The Guardian.Retrieved20 June2024.
See also
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